Probable Law

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Probable Law

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Despite the principle of legal certainty being one of the traditional leading legal principles, both in civil law and common law traditions, law, and specifically judicial decision-making, is a rather uncertain enterprise. Although the judicial decision-making should in general be predictable and although there is a specific provision in the Czech Civil Code specifying that a legal subject has the right to have her case decided in a similar fashion as other similar cases have been decided in the past, the outcome of the particular judicial proceedings is always uncertain. This paper will look into this particular instance of uncertainty as a state of quantum superposition. The often-cited Schrödinger’s thought experiment is based on an assumption that only opening the box will determine the quantum state of the cat inside, which until this outside action occurs, is both dead and alive. Similarly, the actual result of a legal case is not only based on the standing law, but also on the context of the case as well as random inference brought to the decision-making by the ways human brain performs decision-making operations. Based on a concrete case of an issue of (un)constitutionality of a specific measure within the legal system of the Czech Republic (the so called aviation regulations), this paper seeks to open a discussion on to what extent may understanding this paradox help understanding the ways judicial decisions determine the nature of law.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Probable Law

Popis výsledku anglicky

Despite the principle of legal certainty being one of the traditional leading legal principles, both in civil law and common law traditions, law, and specifically judicial decision-making, is a rather uncertain enterprise. Although the judicial decision-making should in general be predictable and although there is a specific provision in the Czech Civil Code specifying that a legal subject has the right to have her case decided in a similar fashion as other similar cases have been decided in the past, the outcome of the particular judicial proceedings is always uncertain. This paper will look into this particular instance of uncertainty as a state of quantum superposition. The often-cited Schrödinger’s thought experiment is based on an assumption that only opening the box will determine the quantum state of the cat inside, which until this outside action occurs, is both dead and alive. Similarly, the actual result of a legal case is not only based on the standing law, but also on the context of the case as well as random inference brought to the decision-making by the ways human brain performs decision-making operations. Based on a concrete case of an issue of (un)constitutionality of a specific measure within the legal system of the Czech Republic (the so called aviation regulations), this paper seeks to open a discussion on to what extent may understanding this paradox help understanding the ways judicial decisions determine the nature of law.

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O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů