The Decline of Private Law: A Philosophical History of Liberal Legalism

1. The Idea of Political Liberalism I. The Liberal Hypothesis II. Majoritarian Government III. Democratic Legitimacy IV. The Trouble with Majoritarianism V. Reasonable Pluralism VI. Freestanding Principles VII. Politics and Justice VIII. P

Goncalo de Almeida Ribeiro is Professor of Law at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and Judge of the Constitutional Court of Portugal.