<p>Hans Kelsen is considered by many to be the foremost legal thinker of the twentieth century. During the last decade of his life he was working on what he called a general theory of norms. Published posthumously in 1979 as Allgemeine Theorie der Normen, the book is here translated for the first time into English. Kelsen develops his "pure theory of law" into a "general theory of norms", and analyzes the applicability of logic to norms to offer an original and extreme position which some have called "normative irrationalism". Examining the views of over 200 philosophers and legal theorists on law, morality, and logic, and revising several of his own earlier positions, Kelsen's final work is a mandatory resource for legal and moral philosophers.<br></p>

General Theory of Norms

History

KELSEN, HANS

Hartney, Michael

Americas

Clarendon Press

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

<p>One of the leading legal philosophers of this century, Kelsen 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 identity of law and state, and the theory of international law. Among the appendices is an annotated bibliography of secondary literature on Kelsen.</p>

Politics & Social Sciences

Paulson, Bonnie Litschewski

Paulson, Stanley L.

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

<p>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.<br></p>

Legal Theory & Systems

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Society and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry (Perspectives in Social Inquiry Series)

Anthropology

Ayer Co. Pub

Society and Nature (International Library of Sociology)

Society and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry (International Library of Sociology)

Routledge

Philosophy

What Is Justice?: And Justice, Law and Politics in the Mirror of Science

Sociology

Univ. Of California Pr.

Reprint of the second revised and enlarged edition, being a completely revised  version of the first edition which was published in 1934. Kelsen  [1881-1973], was the author of more than forty works on law and legal  philosophy, and is best known for this title and General Theory of Law  and State. He was also the author of the Austrian Democratic  Constitution, which was published in 1920, abolished during the Nazi  regime, restored in 1945, and in force today. Walker calls Kelsen  "possibly the most influential jurisprudent of the twentieth century."  Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 699.

Pure Theory of Law

Foreign & International Law

What is Justice?: Justice, Law, and Politics in the Mirror of Science

<p><div>Through the lens of science, Hans Kelsen proposes a dynamic theory of natural law, examines Platonic and Aristotelian doctrines of justice and the idea of justice as found in the holy scriptures.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1957.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div></p>

University of California Press

Knight, Max

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