TOWARDS AN INTRA-SYSTEM THEORY OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM

Authors

  • Sebastián REYES MOLINA

Keywords:

judicial activism, legal indeterminacy, adjudication, judicial discretion, legal interpretation, interpretative codes

Abstract

In this paper, I advance the basis for an intrasystemic thesis of judicial activism. This thesis claims that judicial activism can be explained by resorting to a combination of structural elements of legal systems such as their formal properties and the interpretative codes contained in them. Under this approach, the activist judge can base her decision on legal grounds albeit it is the result of the exercise of her axiological preferences.

Author Biography

Sebastián REYES MOLINA

Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala Universitet. sebastian.reyes@filosofi.uu.se

RIDP Revista Internacional de Derecho Público. Monográfico: Activismo Judicial. Núm. 02, Enero-Junio 2022

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Published

2022-04-01

How to Cite

REYES MOLINA, S. . (2022). TOWARDS AN INTRA-SYSTEM THEORY OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM. RIDP REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE DERECHO PÚBLICO - ISSN 2954-3924, 1(2), 9–20. Retrieved from https://ridp.udem.edu/revista/index.php/dp/article/view/28

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): RIDP Revista Internacional de Derecho Público. Monográfico: Activismo Judicial. Núm. 02, Enero-Junio 2022

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Theory

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