Robert Alexy
Robert Alexy (born September 9, 1945 in Oldenburg, Germany) is a jurist and a philosopher. He studied law and philosophy in Göttingen. He received his PhD in 1976 with the dissertation A Theory of Legal Argumentation, and he achieved his Habilitation in 1984 with a Theory of Constitutional Rights).
Publications
- Theorie der juristischen Argumentation. Die Theorie des rationalen Diskurses als Theorie der juristischen Begründung (1983). Translated by Neil MacCormick as "A Theory of Legal Argumentation: The Theory of Rational Discourse as Theory of Legal Justification" (Clarendon, 1989).
- Theorie der Grundrechte (1985). Translated by Julian Rivers as "A Theory of Constitutional Rights" (Oxford University Press, 2002).
- Mauerschützen (1993)
- Theorie der Grundrechte (1994)
- Recht, Vernunft, Diskurs (1995)
- Der Beschluß des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zu den Tötungen an der innerdeutschen Grenze vom 24. Oktober 1996 (1999)
- Begriff und Geltung des Rechts (2002)
- The Argument from Injustice: A Reply to Legal Positivism. Translated by Stanley Paulson and Bonnie Litschewski Paulson (Oxford University Press, 2002).
- Elemente einer juristischen Begründungslehre (2003)