The many faces of the reasonable person
Reviews the various legal contexts in which the reasonable person test may be invoked. Argues that the test supplies extra-legal standards from which courts must attempt to construct legal standards, and discusses why this is deemed a useful adjudicative exercise. Suggests that the reasonable person...
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| description | Reviews the various legal contexts in which the reasonable person test may be invoked. Argues that the test supplies extra-legal standards from which courts must attempt to construct legal standards, and discusses why this is deemed a useful adjudicative exercise. Suggests that the reasonable person can be thought of as a justified person, and considers the relevance of this insight for feminist critiques of the test. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9e724c9c-89c0-4ec0-bafd-4e31250815582022-03-27T00:50:07ZThe many faces of the reasonable personJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9e724c9c-89c0-4ec0-bafd-4e3125081558Constitutional & administrative lawCriminal Law - JurisprudenceLegal philosophyPhilosophy of lawLawContract,restitution,tortEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetSweet and Maxwell2015Gardner, JReviews the various legal contexts in which the reasonable person test may be invoked. Argues that the test supplies extra-legal standards from which courts must attempt to construct legal standards, and discusses why this is deemed a useful adjudicative exercise. Suggests that the reasonable person can be thought of as a justified person, and considers the relevance of this insight for feminist critiques of the test. |
| spellingShingle | Constitutional & administrative law Criminal Law - Jurisprudence Legal philosophy Philosophy of law Law Contract,restitution,tort Gardner, J The many faces of the reasonable person |
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| title_short | The many faces of the reasonable person |
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| topic | Constitutional & administrative law Criminal Law - Jurisprudence Legal philosophy Philosophy of law Law Contract,restitution,tort |
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