Introduction to the Problems of Legal Theory (Paperback)

Hans Kelsen

ISBN 10: 0198265654 / ISBN 13: 9780198265658

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

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Paperback. Hans Kelsen is considered to be one of the foremost legal theorists and philosophers of the twentieth century. His writing made an important contribution to many areas, especially those of legal theory and international law. Over a number of decades, he developed an important legal theory which found its first complete exposition in Reine Rechtslehre, or Pure Theory of Law, the first edition of which was published in Vienna in 1934. This is the firstEnglish translation of that work. It covers such topics as law and morality, the legal system and its hierarchical structure, the identity of law and state, and international law. A self-contained treatise, by one of the leading European legal philosophers of this century, on such topics as the legal norm, law and morality, the concept of the legal person, the legal system, legal interpretation, the identity of the law and state, and the theory of international law. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to the Problems of Legal Theory (Paperback)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198265654
• ISBN 13: 9780198265658
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

One of the leading legal philosophers of this century, Kelsen first published this short treatise in 1934, when the neo-Kantian influence on his work was at its zenith. An earlier, "constructivist" phase had been displaced by his effort to provide something approximating a neo-Kantian foundation for his theory. If this second phase represents the Pure Theory of Law in its most characteristic form, then the present treatise may well be its central text. And of Kelsen's many statements of the Pure Theory, this one is surely the most accessible. Topics covered include the legal norm and Kelsen's normativity thesis, law and morality, the role of ideology, the concept of the legal person, legal interpretation, the identities of law and state, and the theory of international law. Among the appendices is an annotated bibliography of secondary literature on Kelsen.

About the Author

Hans Kelsen
Translated by Bonnie Litschewski Paulson and Stanley L. Paulson, Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Washington University