Ratio Legis: Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives

Part I - What Is Ratio Legis? The Real Ratio Legis and Where to Find It - A Few Pragmatic Considerations by Adam Dyrda.- Ratio Legis as a Binding Legal Value by Marzena Kordela.- Articulating Ratio Legis and Practical Reasoning by Maciej Dybowski.- Legislative History, Ratio Legis and the Concept of the Rational Legislator by Michal Krotoszynski.- Part II - What Can Ratio Legis Be? The concept of purpose in Kant's Metaphysical Elements of Justice by Verena Klappstein.- Nonconsequential Conception of Neutrality by Wojciech Ciszewski.- Is There a Imitative Ratio Legis and If So, How Many Are There? Psychological Perspective by Teresa Chirkowska-Smolak and Marek Smolak.- Part III - What Practical Implications Can Ratio Legis Have? Immanent Ratio Legis? Legal Forms and Statutory Interpretation by Konstanze von Schütz.- How Can Ratio Legis Help a Lawyer to Interpret a Legal Text? Employing the Purpose of a Regulation for Legal Interpretation by Mikolaj Hermann.