Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law : legality and legitimacy / Lars Vinx.
"This book argues that Hans Kelsen's legal theory, the Pure Theory of Law, needs to be read in the context of Kelsen's political theory. It offers the first interpretation of the Pure Theory that makes use of Kelsen's conception of the rule of law, of his theory of democracy, his...
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| Language: | English |
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New York : Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Online access with purchase: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online). Law module.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online Table of contents Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- Three paradigms of legal positivism
- The pure theory of law : science or political theory?
- Kelsen's principles of legality
- Kelsen's theory of democracy : reconciliation with social order
- Democratic constitutionalism : Kelsen's theory of constitutional review
- Kelsen's legal cosmopolitanism
- Conclusions : the pure theory of law and contemporary positivism.