Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition

By Peter Langford

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004390383
• ISBN13: 9789004390386
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"