Author | : Lars Vinx |
File Size | : 44,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Unknown |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 26 May 2024 |
ISBN | : 0494160322 |
Pages | : 376 pages |
Legality and Legitimacy in Hans Kelsen s Pure Theory of Law by Lars Vinx Book PDF Summary
Positivist legal theorists inspired by Kelsen's work failed to appreciate the political-theoretical potential of the Pure Theory of Law and thus turned to a narrow agnosticism about the functions of law. The Pure Theory of Law, I conclude, may offer a paradigm of jurisprudential thought that could reconnect jurisprudence with political theory as it was traditionally understood: namely as a reflection on the best constitution and on the contribution that different legal actors and institutions can make to its realization.