The concept of reasonableness has two related meanings in
law and
political theory:
As a
legal norm, it is used "for the assessment of such matters as actions, decisions, and persons, rules and institutions, [and] also arguments and judgments."[1]
As a regulative idea, it "requires... that all factors that might be relevant in answering a practical question be considered and... that they be assembled in a correct relation to each other in order to justify [a judgement]."[1]
Reasonableness should not be conflated with rationality.[1]
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Reasonability is a
legal term. The scale of reasonability represents a quintessential element of modern
judicial systems and is particularly important in the context of international disputes and conflicts of
laws issues. The concept is founded on the notion that all parties should be held to a reasonable standard of conduct[citation needed] and has become embedded in a number of international conventions such as the
UNIDROIT principles[17] and the
CISG.[18]
The concept of reasonability is applicable to
Roman law.[19]
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^Garland and McGehee (eds). "Reasonable Care". The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law. Second Edition. Edward Thompson Company. 1903. Volume 23. Pages
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abcWood Renton and Robertson (eds). Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England. 2nd Edition. 1908. vol 12.
p 378.
^Garland and McGehee (eds). "Reasonable Diligence". The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law. Second Edition. Edward Thompson Company. 1903. Volume 23. Pages
Page 947.
^Alexander Brown, A Theory of Legitimate Expectations for Public Administration, Oxford University Press, 2017,
p 4.
^Garland and McGehee (eds). "Reasonable Skill". The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law. Second Edition. Edward Thompson Company. 1903. Volume 23. Pages
Page 971.
^Thomas Johnson Michie. "Reasonable Time". Garland and McGehee (eds). The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law. Second Edition. Edward Thompson Company. 1903. Volume 23. Pages
Page 971.
^Teramura.
"Demonstrating reasonableness". Ex Aequo et Bono as a Response to the ‘Over-Judicialisation’ of International Commercial Arbitration. 2020.
^Article 8 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
^Frier, "Case 98: Reasonability", A Casebook on the Roman Law of Contracts, OUP, 2021,
p 223. María José Falcón y Tella, Case Law in Roman, Anglosaxon and Continental Law, 2011, pp
138 to 140.
Further reading
Books
Bongiovanni, Giorgio; Sartor, Giovanni; Valentini, Chiara (2009). Reasonableness and law. Law and philosophy library. Dordrecht New York: Springer.
ISBN978-1-4020-8500-0.
Hevia, Martín (2013). Reasonableness and responsibility: a theory of contract law. Law and philosophy library. Dordrecht: Springer.
ISBN978-94-007-4604-6.
Vadi, Valentina (2018). Proportionality, reasonableness and standards of review in international investment law and arbitration. Elgar international investment law. Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
ISBN978-1-78536-858-5.
Volpi, Franco, ed. (2003). Reasonableness and interpretation. Ars interpretandi. Münster: LIT Verlag Münster.
ISBN978-3-8258-6638-9.
Young, Shaun, ed. (2014). Reasonableness in Liberal Political Philosophy. Taylor & Francis.
ISBN9781317983750.