Vinx, Lars

Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law : legality and legitimacy / Pure theory of law Lars Vinx - Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 - x, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-227) and index.

Three paradigms of legal positivism -- The pure theory of law : science or political theory? -- Kelsen's principles of legality -- Kelsen's theory of democracy : reconciliation with social order -- Democratic constitutionalism : Kelsen's theory of constitutional review -- Kelsen's legal cosmopolitanism -- Conclusions : the pure theory of law and contemporary positivism.

9780199227952 RM309.99

2007-024142


Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973. Reine Rechtslehre


Law--Philosophy
State, The
Rule of law
Legal positivism