Introduction to the Problems of Legal Theory: A Translation of the First Edition of the Reine Rechtslehre or Pure Theory of Law

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.

Author: Hans Kelsen, Bonnie Litschewski Paulson, Stanley L. Paulson
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 06/26/1997
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.39h x 5.50w x 0.49d
ISBN13: 9780198265658
ISBN10: 0198265654
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Jurisprudence

About the Author

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

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