Normativity and Norms: Critical Perspectives on Kelsenian Themes

ISBN-13: 9780198763154 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 698 str.

Paulson, Stanley L.

Opis

Hans Kelsen's efforts in the areas of legal philosophy and legal theory are considered by many scholars of law to be the most influential thinking of this century. This volume makes available some of the best work extant on Kelsen's theory, including papers newly translated into English. The book covers such topics as competing philosophical positions on the nature of law, legal validity, legal powers, and the unity of municipal and international law. It also throws much light on Kelsen's intellectual milieu--as well as his intellectual debts.

Recenzje

This remarkable volume brings together some of the most important work on legal positivism written in this century, including newer essays by eminent scholars in the field. And in an introductory essay, Stanley L. Paulson provides an illuminating account of the major strengths and attendant shortcomings of Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. In short, the volume is indispensable reading for anyone interested not just in the theory of legal positivism but in legal theory generally.

O autorze

Stanley L. Paulson is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Washington University St. Louis. He is considered to be one of the leading authorities on Kelsen, and in conjunction with his wife translated into English the first edition of Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law , which has received wide acclaim.