The Paradox of Self-Amendment: A Study of Logic, Law, Omnipotence, and Change

by Peter Suber

The first full-length study of self-reference and paradox in law, this book will intrigue and instruct anyone interested in law, logic, philosophy, or political theory. History shows that self-amendment - for example, the use of a constitution's amending clause to amend itself - is commonplace; legal analysis shows it to be lawful, even if (as some logicians have alleged) it is self-contradictory; and philosophical analysis shows it to be foundational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820412120
• ISBN13: 9780820412122
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.