In alternative to Virtue Jurisprudence, the aim of this contribution is assessing the claim that legal virtues develop along with the deepening of the law’s knowledge within its practice, as well as with the grasp of the role that law plays within society. This fits with the idea of virtues rooted in practices. Legal virtues do not depend – at least entirely – on pre-existing moral qualities related to human capacities, but are related to practice of law. The latter is well defined by the virtue of law, the rule of law, that is not only indicating a mode of government, but it also entails a specific model of social ordering. From this perspective, the main legal virtues necessary to uphold the rule of law are reflexivity, fidelity to law, and teamworking. These virtues are related to each other and to many other virtues. |
Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy
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The complementarity between the virtue of law (the rule of law) and the legal virtues |
Trefwoorden | Virtue ethics, Rule of law, Reflexivity, Fidelity, Teamworking |
Auteurs | Isabel Trujillo |
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