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(2009) A treatise of legal philosophy and general jurisprudence 9-10, Dordrecht, Springer.
In Kant's philosophy of law (Rechtslehre, 1797) there is an important and authentic "formalist" strand which holds that "any action is right if it can co-exist with everyone's freedom in accordance with a universal law, or if on its maxim the freedom of choice of each can co-exist with everyone's freedom in accordance with a universal law" (Kant 1996, 387).
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2964-5_20
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Riley, P. (2009)., The legal philosophy of Kant, in E. Pattaro, D. Canale, H. Hofmann & P. Riley (eds.), A treatise of legal philosophy and general jurisprudence 9-10, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 553-578.