A Proof-Based Account of Legal Exceptions.

I propose and defend a proof-based account of legal exceptions. The basic thought is that the characteristic behaviour of exceptions is to be explained in terms of the distinction, relative to some given decision-type C in some decision-making context, between two classes of relevant facts: those th...

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Published in:Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 133 - 169
Main Author: Duarte d’Almeida, Luís
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2013
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