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Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition provides the first sustained examination of Hans Kelsen’s critical engagement, itself founded upon a distinctive theory of legal positivism, with the Natural Law Tradition. This edited collection commences with a comprehensive introduction which establishes the character of Kelsen’s critical engagement as a general critique of natural law combined with a more specific critique of representative thinkers of the Natural Law Tradition. The subsequent chapters are then devoted to a detailed analysis of Kelsen’s engagement with prominent theorists from the Natural Law Tradition. The volume concludes with an exploration, focusing upon the delineation of a non-positivist legal theory in the debate between Robert Alexy and Joseph Raz, of the continued presence of Kelsenian legal positivism in contemporary legal theory.

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Author:   Peter Langford ,  Ian Bryan ,  John McGarry
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   14
Weight:   0.991kg
ISBN:  

9789004390386

ISBN 10:   9004390383
Pages:   540
Publication Date:   28 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Kelsenian Critique of Natural Law  Peter Langford and Ian Bryan, with John McGarry> Part 1: Aristotle, Dante and Kelsen 1 Kelsen’s Blind Spot for the Pluralism of Antiquity  Liesbeth Huppyes-Cluysenaer 2 To the Roots of the Universal Juridical Order: Hans Kelsen and the Staatslehre of Dante Alighieri  Maurizio Cau Part II: Kelsen and Early Modern and Enlightenment Theories of Natural Law 3 Comments on the Kelsenian Idea of Natural Law in the Light of Althusius’ Theory of Law  Gaëlle Demelemestre 4 From Wolff to Kelsen: The Transformation of the Notion of Civitas Maxima  Peter Langford and Ian Bryan 5 Hans Kelsen and the Requirement of Self-determination: How the Austrian Jurist Takes Inspiration from Rousseau and How He Emancipates Himself from the Swiss Philosopher  Sandrine Baume 6 Kelsen versus Kant on The Nature of Law  Joachim Renzikowski 7 Grounding the Normativity of Law: The Role of Transcendental Argumentation in Kelsen’s Critique of Natural Law Theory  Ana Dimiškovska Part III: Kelsen, Neo-Kantianism and Schmitt 8 Hans Kelsen and SouthWest German Neo-Kantianism on Natural Law: Transcendental Philosophy beyond Metaphysics and Positivism  Christian Krijnen 9 Hans Kelsen’s and Ernst Cassirer’s Conception of Natural Law  Pellegrino Favuzzi 10 Nomos or Law? Hans Kelsen’s Criticism of Carl Schmitt’s Metaphysics of Law and Politics  Gerhard Donhauser 11 The Trouble with Nature  Mariano Croce Part IV: Kelsen’s Natural Law 12 Natural Law and the Vienna School: Hans Kelsen and Alfred Verdross, and Eric Voegelin  Franz Leander Fillafer and Johannes Feichtinger 13 Against Natural Law: The Political Implications of Kelsen’s Legal Positivism  Sara Lagi 14 Hans Kelsen and Leo Strauss on Naturrecht and the Post-theological Wager  Peter Gostmann Conclusion: Beyond Legal Postivism and Natural Law?  Peter Langford and Ian Bryan, with John McGarry Index

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Peter Langford, Department of Law and Criminology, Edge Hill University, UK. Ian Bryan, Law School, University of Lancaster, UK. John McGarry, Department of Law and Criminology, Edge Hill University, UK.

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