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9780198265658

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

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    9780198265658

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    0198265654

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-06-26
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press
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Summary

Hans Kelsen is considered to be one of the foremost legal theorists and philosophers of the twentieth century. His writing made an important contribution to many areas, especially those of legal theory and international law. Over a number of decades, he developed an important legal theorywhich found its first complete exposition in Reine Rechtslehre, or Pure Theory of Law, the first edition of which was published in Vienna in 1934. This is the first English translation of that work. It covers such topics as law and morality, the legal system and its hierarchical structure, theidentity of law and state, and international law.

Author Biography


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

Table of Contents

Introduction
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
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