Hans Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law as Critique of the 'Authoritarian' Understanding of Law and Jurisprudence
| Autor: | Peter Techet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Anali Pravnog fakulteta u Beogradu. :77-99 |
| ISSN: | 2406-2693 0003-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.51204/anali_pfbu_22103a |
| Popis: | In this paper, I analyse Hans Kelsen’s understanding of jurisprudence and law – by contrasting the normative-dogmatic understanding, which I will call “authoritarian”. By establishing the primacy of politics and rejecting the prescriptive function of jurisprudence, Hans Kelsen enabled a democratic concept of law (and of jurisprudence), and at the same time a critical and political approach. Kelsen defines the law from a dynamic perspective, which justifies the constant changeability of the law – and in this respect the primacy of democratic politics over dogmatic jurisprudence. The normative basis for Kelsen’s understanding of jurisprudence is his relativism, which is based on a moral position on the autonomy of the individual. |
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