Constitutional rights in private law
- ISBN: 9781509977109
- Editorial: Hart Publishing
- Fecha de la edición: 2026
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Colección: International Studies in the Theory of Private Law
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 213
- Idiomas: Inglés
This book provides the philosophical foundations for the application of constitutional rights in private law-and more broadly, for social justice-oriented private law reform.It does this by connecting lessons from political and moral philosophy to those from constitutional and private law theories about their nature and limits
1 . Introduction
1.1. The Challenge
1.2. Historical Background
1.3. The Horizontality Spectrum
1.4. Moral Foundations
1.5. Rights and Justifications
1.6. Methodological Remarks
1.7. The Road Ahead
2. Horizontal Expansion
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Traditional Verticality
2.3. Political Foundations
2.4. General Rights
2.5. Loose Relationality
2.6. Public Legitimacy
2.7. Conclusion
3. Relational Resistance
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Direct Horizontality
3.3. Relational Foundations
3.4. Private Rights 3.5. Strict Relationality
3.6. Private Spheres
3.7. Conclusion
4. Pluralistic Realisation
4.1. From Delineation to Realisation
4.2. Going Indirect
4.3. Strong Indirect Effect
4.4. Moral Pluralism
4.5. Social and Local Justice
4.6. Realisation Reasoning
4.7. Conclusion
5. Realisation as Regulation
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Weak Indirect Effect
5.3. Identifying Responsibilities
5.4. Assigning Responsibilities
5.5. Justificatory Ascent
5.6. The Common Law
5.7. Conclusion
6. Modern Private Law
6.1. A Midlife Crisis
6.2. Corporations 6.3. Agency and Choice
6.4. Vulnerability and Need
6.5. Disintegration
6.6. Reintegration
6.7. Conclusion
7. Conclusion
