General Theory of Law and State

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General Theory of Law and State is a foundational work of legal philosophy in which Hans Kelsen systematically develops his influential “pure theory of law” and its account of the nature and structure of legal systems and the state.

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instanceOf book
work of legal philosophy
aim to analyze the state as a system of legal norms
to describe law as a normative system independent of morality
to develop a pure theory of law
author Hans Kelsen NERFINISHED
centralConcept coercive legal system
grundnorm
hierarchy of norms
separation of law and morality
state as legal order
validity of legal norms
countryOfFirstPublication United States NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy law
philosophy of law
political science
genre jurisprudence
legal theory
political philosophy
hasPart theory of law
theory of the state
influenced analytic jurisprudence
constitutional theory
legal positivist theory
influencedBy Immanuel Kant
legal positivism
neo-Kantianism
language English
mainSubject coercive order
general theory of law
grundnorm
legal norm
legal positivism
legal system
normative system
pure theory of law NERFINISHED
sovereignty
the state
validity of law
notableIdea grundnorm as presupposed basic norm
law as a system of norms ordered by validity
unity of legal system
originalLanguage German
philosophicalTradition legal positivism
publicationYear 1945
publisher Harvard University Press NERFINISHED
translatedFrom Allgemeine Staatslehre NERFINISHED
Reine Rechtslehre NERFINISHED
usedIn jurisprudence courses
legal education

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