Pure Theory of Law

Pure Theory of Law

A landmark in the development of modern jurisprudence. Reprint of second revised and enlarged edition, a complete revision of the first edition published in 1934. Translation from the Second German Edition by Max Knight. Originally published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. x, 356 pp. Pure Theory of Law defines law as a system of coercive norms created by the state that rests on the validity of a generally accepted Grundnorm, or basic norm, such as the supremacy of the Constitution. Entirely self-supporting, it rejects any concept derived from metaphysics, politics, ethics, sociology, or the natural sciences. Beginning with the medieval reception of Roman law, traditional jurisprudence has maintained a dual system of â€œsubjectiveâ€ law (the rights of a person) and â€œobjectiveâ€ law (the system of norms). Throughout history this dualism has been a useful tool for putting the law in the service of politics, especially by rulers or dominant political parties. The pure theory of law destroys this dualism by replacing it with a unitary system of objective positive law that is insulated from political manipulation.

Possibly the most influential jurisprudent of the twentieth century, HANS KELSEN [1881-1973] was legal adviser to Austriaâ€™s last emperor and its first republican government, the founder and permanent advisor of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Austria, and the author of Austriaâ€™s Constitution, which was enacted in 1920, abolished during the Anschluss, and restored in 1945. The author of more than forty books on law and legal philosophy, he is best known for this work and General Theory of Law and State. Also active as a teacher in Europe and the United States, he was Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna and taught at the universities of Cologne and Prague, the Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Harvard, Wellesley, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Naval War College.
Country USA
Manufacturer The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-10-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-10-31
Format	Kindle eBook

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