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Jeremy Waldron here attempts to restore the good name of legislation in political theory. Focused in particular on the writings of Aristotle, Locke and Kant, this book recovers and highlights ways of thinking about legislation that present it as a dignified mode of governance and a respectable source of law. The focus is particularly on legislation by assemblies, large gatherings of representatives who air their disagreements in ferocious debate and make laws by deliberation and voting. Jeremy Waldron has published extensively in law, philosophy and political theory. Here he presents a unique study of the place of legislation in the canon of political thought - a study which emphasises the positive features of democracy and representative assemblies. The Dignity of Legislation is original in conception, trenchantly argued and very clearly presented, and will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and thinkers.

Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Legislative process --- Legistiek --- Législation --- Légistique --- Procès législatif --- Rechtswetenschap --- Science juridique --- Wetgevend proces --- Wetgeving --- Law --- Droit --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- 321.01 --- 342.52/.55 --- Legislative power --- -Philosophy --- Jurisprudence. --- Legislation. --- Philosophy. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Law - Philosophy

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Law of real property --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Right of property.

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Civil rights. --- Human rights. --- Social justice. --- Civil rights --- Human rights --- Social justice --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Civil liberties --- Constitutional rights --- Fundamental rights --- Rights, Civil --- Law and legislation --- Equality --- Justice --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Constitutional law --- Political persecution

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This is a concise and profound book from one of the world's leading political and legal philosophers about a major theme, equality, and the proposition that humans are all one another's equals. Jeremy Waldron explores the implications of this fundamental tenet for law, politics, society and economy in the company of John Locke, whose work Waldron regards 'as well-worked-out a theory of basic equality as we have in the canon of political philosophy'. Throughout the text, which is based on the Carlyle Lectures given in Oxford in 1999, Jeremy Waldron discusses contemporary approaches to equality and rival interpretations of Locke, and this dual agenda gives the whole an unusual degree of accessibility and intellectual excitement, of interest to philosophers, political theorists, lawyers and theologians around the world.

Equality --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Locke, John, --- 1 LOCKE, JOHN --- -Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- 1 LOCKE, JOHN Filosofie. Psychologie--LOCKE, JOHN --- Filosofie. Psychologie--LOCKE, JOHN --- -Christianity --- Locke, John --- -Locke, John --- -ロック --- 로크 --- Contributions in political science --- Contributions in the concept of equality --- Egalitarianism --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity --- Philanthropus, --- Lokk, Dzhon, --- Lūk, Jūn, --- Lo-kʻo, --- Locke, Giovanni, --- Lock, --- Lock, John, --- Rokku, Jon, --- לוק, י׳ון, --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Locke, John, - 1632-1704.

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Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech-except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, Jeremy Waldron argues powerfully that hate speech should be regulated as part of our commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities.Causing offense-by depicting a religious leader as a terrorist in a newspaper cartoon, for example-is not the same as launching a libelous attack on a group's dignity, according to Waldron, and it lies outside the reach of law. But defamation of a minority group, through hate speech, undermines a public good that can and should be protected: the basic assurance of inclusion in society for all members. A social environment polluted by anti-gay leaflets, Nazi banners, and burning crosses sends an implicit message to the targets of such hatred: your security is uncertain and you can expect to face humiliation and discrimination when you leave your home.Free-speech advocates boast of despising what racists say but defending to the death their right to say it. Waldron finds this emphasis on intellectual resilience misguided and points instead to the threat hate speech poses to the lives, dignity, and reputations of minority members. Finding support for his view among philosophers of the Enlightenment, Waldron asks us to move beyond knee-jerk American exceptionalism in our debates over the serious consequences of hateful speech.

Liberté d'expression --- Discours de haine --- Human rights --- Sociology of culture --- Hate speech --- Freedom of speech --- Free speech --- Liberty of speech --- Speech, Freedom of --- Philosophy. --- Law and legislation --- Propagande haineuse --- Liberté d'expression --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Civil rights --- Freedom of expression --- Assembly, Right of --- Freedom of information --- Intellectual freedom --- United States --- Liberté d'expression. --- Discours de haine.