Any external normativity contaminates practice-derived legitimation entirely.
Evidence
A “bit” of external normativity is utterly spoiling because the decision of how much of a “bit” is required must also rest on external grounds. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 504
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Legal materiality determined by outside rules dissolves precedential constraint entirely. — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 91; Legal meaning derives from practices of legitimation, not truth conditions. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 386; An ultimate power to decide generates its own norms and cannot be trusted
Related
- Legal meaning derives from practices of legitimation, not truth conditions. (similarity 0.83)
- Legal legitimacy is structural contingency, not shared conviction (similarity 0.82)
- Constitutional law’s foundational modalities derive legitimacy from use alone, not external validation. (similarity 0.80)
- Legitimacy can be derived from constitutional practices rather than from justifications. (similarity 0.80)
- Legal propositions are true only within the practice’s own recognized forms (similarity 0.79)
- Internal legal statements manifest an accepted shared framework of rules. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- An ultimate power to decide generates its own norms and cannot be trusted
#responds-to(0.75) - Legal meaning derives from practices of legitimation, not truth conditions.
#contradicts(0.60) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 386