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The Paradox of Self-Amendment: A Study of Logic, Law, Omnipotence, and Change
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The Paradox of Self-Amendment: A Study of Logic, Law, Omnipotence, and Change Hardcover - 1990

by Peter Suber


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The first full-length study of self-reference and paradox in law, this book will intrigue and instruct anyone interested in law, logic, philosophy, or political theory. History shows that self-amendment - for example, the use of a constitution's amending clause to amend itself - is commonplace; legal analysis shows it to be lawful, even if (as some logicians have alleged) it is self-contradictory; and philosophical analysis shows it to be foundational for legality. The lawfulness of self-amendment, therefore, sheds important light on legal reasoning and rationality, and shows that we no longer need accept the immutability of any level of law.

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  • Title The Paradox of Self-Amendment: A Study of Logic, Law, Omnipotence, and Change
  • Author Peter Suber
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 500
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
  • Date 1990-03
  • ISBN 9780820412122 / 0820412120
  • Library of Congress subjects Law - Methodology, Paradox
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89013403
  • Dewey Decimal Code 342.03