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. Translator(s): Paulson, Bonnie Litschewski; Paulson, Stanley L. Num Pages: 214 pages, index. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284. . 1997. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Introduction to the Problems of Legal Theory: A Translation of the First Edition of the Reine Rechtslehre or Pure Theory of Law
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198265654
ISBN 13: 9780198265658
Binding: Soft cover
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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.

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

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