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  • The research of a middle course between interpretative legal formalism and interpretative legal scepticism is one of the main characteristics of the contemporary debate on legal interpretation. The difficulty of finding this space in the midst is due a) to the lack of a proper reflection on the link between theory of interpretation and theory of meaning and b) to the unaware acceptance of an unsuited theory of meaning. Either formalism or scepticism presuppose a static conception of meaning: mea…Read more
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    Relativism: A conceptual analysis
    Eidos: Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad Del Norte 13 166-191. 2011.
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    Legal theory and value judgments
    Law and Philosophy 16 (4): 447-477. 1997.
    The aim of the paper is that of putting into question the dichotomy between fact-judgments and value judgments in the legal domain, with its epistemological presuppositions (descriptivist image of knowledge) and its methodological implications for legal knowledge (value freedom principle and neutrality thesis). The basic question that I will try to answer is whether and on what conditions strong ethical value-judgments belong within legal knowledge. I criticize the traditional positivist positio…Read more
  • Relativismo: Un análisis conceptual
    Eidos: Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad Del Norte. forthcoming.
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    In this paper I put forward some arguments in defence of inclusive legal positivism . The general thesis that I defend is that inclusive positivism represents a more fruitful and interesting research program than that proposed by exclusive positivism . I introduce two arguments connected with legal interpretation in favour of my thesis. However, my opinion is that inclusive positivism does not sufficiently succeed in estranging itself from the more traditional legal positivist conceptions. This …Read more
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    Legal Theory and Value Judgments
    Law and Philosophy 16 (4): 447-477. 1997.
    The aim of the paper is that of putting intoquestion the dichotomy between fact-judgments andvalue judgments in the legal domain, with its epistemologicalpresuppositions (descriptivist image of knowledge) andits methodological implications for legal knowledge (valuefreedom principle and neutrality thesis). The basicquestion that I will try to answer is whether and on whatconditions strong ethical value-judgments belong withinlegal knowledge.I criticize the traditional positivist positionsthat ha…Read more