Paper's abstract

René Sève, Michel Villey and Contemporary Developments in Law
First this paper considers how Michel Villey conceived his philosophical positioning which could lead him, according to eras and opponents, to take varying stands, without for all that straying from the general principles of his doctrine of legal line of argument as a way to determine what is just. On this basis, the author recreates the attitude Michel Villey may have had on the contemporary development of human rights, and Dworkin thought, on economic law and Coase’s or Posner’s analysis, and finally on the internationalisation of law and the cosmopolitism of a U. Beck. The author concludes that Michel Villey’s thought might help us to assess these evolutions while retaining a critical stand back towards them.

Key Words : Dworkin, Coase, Posner, Beck , argument, human rights, Villey
t. 50, 2007 : p. 357-369