Introduction to the Problems of Legal Theory: A Translation of the First Edition of the Reine Rechtslehre or Pure Theory of Law / Edition 1

by Hans Kelsen, Bonnie Litschewski Paulson, Stanley L. Paulson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198265658
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/26/1997
Series:	Translation of the First Edition of the Reine Rechtslehre or
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	8.39(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.49(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Introduction by Stanley L. Paulson
Preface
Law and Nature
Law and Morality
The Concept of Law and the Doctrine of the Reconstructed Legal Norm
Overcoming the Dualism of Legal Theory
The Legal System and its Hierarchical Structure
Interpretation
The Methods of Creating Law
Law and State
The State and International Law
Appendices
Index of Names
Index of Subjects