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Claudio Michelon graduated LLB in 1992 from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and, in 1996 obtained an M.Phil by research from the same University. He gained his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in 2001. From 2001 to 2006 he lived in Brazil and was an assistant professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul while also practicing as a lawyer. He joined Edinburgh Law School in 2007. 

 

Research Interests

Claudio Michelon's research focuses on (i) legal reasoning and legal decision-making and on (ii) the underlying normative structure of private law doctrines, rules, and concepts.

In relation to legal reasoning, his work investigates a number of related topics, ranging from the role of subjectivity (and in particular of practical perception) in legal decision-making to the structure of particular kinds of legal argument. In his book Being apart form Reasons, he addresses the possibility of insulating different orders of reasons in moral and legal decision-making. In addressing those topics, he draws on diverse philosophical resources, including classical practical philosophy, virtue theory, virtue epistemology, theories of perception, and argumentation theory.

His investigation on private law theory encompasses a number of subjects, in particular the relationship between private law and particular justice (i.e. corrective and distributive justice), the role of private law in structuring the private sphere, and the possibility of conceiving aspects of private law as possessing intrinsic value.

The Legal Theory web pages contain further information on legal theory at Edinburgh.

 

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Keywords

  • K Law (General)
  • BJ Ethics

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  • Ilicitude e vontade no Esboço: Teixeira de Freitas filósofo?

    Translated title of the contribution: Ilicitude and the will in the Esboço: Is Teixeira de Freitas a Philosopher?Michelon, C., 15 Apr 2024, Augusto Teixeira de Freitas: Humanismo, Sociedade e Sistema. Martins-Costa, J., Santana Fernandes, M., Giannotti, L. & Webber, P. (eds.). Rio de Janeiro: Processo , p. 321-359 38 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Coherence and principles in legal argumentation

    Michelon, C., 1 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) Research Handbook in Legal Argumentation. Edward Elgar Publishing

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Direito Privado, Razão e Justiça

    Michelon, C., 1 Jul 2023, 1 ed. São Paulo : Almedina, Brasil. 226 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  • The uses of precedent in legal argument

    Michelon, C., 18 Apr 2023, Philosophical Foundations of Precedent. Endicott, T., Kristjánsson, H. D. & Lewis, S. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 117-129 (Philosophical Foundations of Law).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  • Primary duty/secondary duty?

    Michelon, C., 30 Mar 2023, Private Law and Practical Reason: Essays on John Gardner's Private Law Theory. Psarras, H. & Steel, S. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, (Oxford Private Law Theory).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review