The aim of this paper is to provide a different, somewhat more general, approach to the axiomatic ranking of opportunity sets in term of freedom of choice. The opportunity ransking is defined axiomatically relative to some standard of freedom or theory of freedom. The paper provides a general...

The paper presents an axiomatic analysis of opportunity ranking within a logical framework. It established that any opportunity or freedom ranking is cimpletely determined by a subjacent logical chain that is interpreted as a freedom standard. However, a preferential interpretation of the chain...

This paper is motivated by sustained interest in the capabilities approach to welfare economics combined with the paucity of economic statistics that measure capabilities at the individual level. Specifically, it takes a much discussed account of the normatively desirable capabilities...

This article analyses the relationship between rights and capabilities in order to get a better grasp of the kind of consequentialism that the capability theory represents. Capability rights have been defined as rights that have a capability as their object (rights to capabilities). Such a...

In this paper we focus on the way in which courts affect public policy. We present a model of judicial behavior that combines insights from theories emphasizing the importance of policy preferences with those suggesting that courts are only motivated by formal-legal criteria. By embedding our...

This paper explores the possibility for a (non-preference-based) freedom ranking of opportunity sets that is sensitive to the diversity of the options. It turns out that how distances between sets and alternatives are measured is crucial to the derivation of such a ranking. Several proposals are...

The paper is motivated by sustained interest in the capabilities approach to welfare economics combined with the purported paucity of economic statistics that measure capabilities at the individual level. Specifically, it takes a focal account of normatively desirable capabilities constitutive...