Research article
Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory
Kelsen jako odmieniec. Obrona radykalnej teorii norm
Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, nr 4(29)/2021, s. 5-17
English
Abstract
In his first treatise on legal theory, Hauptprobleme der Staatsrechtslehre (1911), Hans Kelsen seeks to recast legal norm theory in a way that would eliminate from the theory the imperative, with what Kelsen sees as its moral connotations. The result, Kelsen’s sanction theory, is not entirely successful. It leaves in place the imperative vis-à-vis legal officials, with obligations imposed on officials to implement sanctions. In the 1930s, Kelsen returns to the issue, radically recasting legal norm theory by introducing empowerment as the fundamental modality and obligation as merely derivative, a view that prevails in the second edition of the Reine Rechtslehre (1960).
Keywords
- Julius Binder
- Karl Binding
- Hans Kelsen
- Adolf Julius Merkl
- empowerment
- imperative
- legal norm theory
- obligation
- sanction theory
- Stufenbau
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S. L. Paulson, Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory, „Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej” nr 4(29)/2021, s. 5–17, DOI: 10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5
ACM
[1] Stanley L. Paulson. 2021. Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory. AFPiFS 4(29) (2021), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5
ACS
(1) Paulson, S. L. Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory. AFPiFS 2021, No. 4(29), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5.
APA
Paulson, S. L. (2021). Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 4(29), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5
ABNT
PAULSON, Stanley L. Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, n. 4(29), p. 5–17, 2021.
Chicago
Paulson, Stanley L. “Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 4(29) (2021): 5–17. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5.
Harvard
Paulson, S.L. (2021) “Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory,” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 4(29), pp. 5–17. Available at: https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5.
IEEE
[1] S. L. Paulson, “Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory,” AFPiFS, no. 4(29), pp. 5–17, 2021, doi: 10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5.
MLA
Paulson, Stanley L. “Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 4(29), 2021, pp. 5–17, https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5.
Turabian
Paulson, Stanley L. “Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 4(29) (2021): 5–17. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5.
Vancouver
1. Paulson SL. Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory. AFPiFS. 2021;4(29):5–17. doi:10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5
OSCOLA
Stanley L. Paulson, ‘Hans Kelsen as Outliner: The Defence of a Radical Norm Theory’ (2021) 4(29) AFPiFS 5 <https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.4.5>.