Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law
Subtitle: legality and legitimacy
By: Lars Vinx.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199227952
Subjects: Kelsen, Hans, -- 1881-1973; Law -- Philosophy; State, The; Rule of law; Legal positivism
Other titles: Pure theory of law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Three paradigms of legal positivism; title: The pure theory of law : science or political theory?; title: Kelsen's principles of legality; title: Kelsen's theory of democracy : reconciliation with social order; title: Democratic constitutionalism : Kelsen's theory of constitutional review; title: Kelsen's legal cosmopolitanism; title: Conclusions :the pure theory of law and contemporary positivism.