Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39038-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 540 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 922 g

Reihe: Studies in Moral Philosophy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langford, Peter

Bryan, Ian

Mcgarry, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.