Weighing and Balancing in the Justification of Judicial Decisions
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In legal theory, it is widely claimed that decisions in hard cases are based on weighing and balancing. However no reconstructions are given of the deep structure of the complex argumenation underlying the justification of these decisions. The author develops a model for the analysis of weighing and balancing of arguments in the justification of judicial decisions that are based on teleological-evaluative considerations. The justification is reconstructed as a complex argumentation that consists of different levels of argumentation and it is explained how these levels of argumentation relate to the burden of proof of a judge who gives a decision that is based on a weighing and balancing in which teleological-evaluative considerations are invoked. Résumé: Il est largement accepté dans la théorie du droit que les décisions dans les procès difficiles se fondent sur un balancement d’arguments opposés. Toutefois on ne donne aucune reconstruction de la structure profonde de l’argumentation complexe qui sous-tend la justification des ces décisions. L’auteur développe une approche fondée sur les réflexions d’une évaluation téléologique pour analyser le balancement des arguments qui justifient les décisions judi-ciaires. La justification est reconstruite comme une argumentation complexe à différents niveaux, et on explique comment ces niveaux d’argumentation se relient à la charge de preuve d’un juge qui donne une décision fondée sur un ba-lancement dans lequel il invoque des réflexions d’évaluations téléologiques.
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