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Already in 1913, Kelsen had identified the need for a legal theoretic framework to support the idea of the Rechtsstaat. [5]Adolf Julius Merkl [de; pt] was a student of Kelsen's who made important contributions starting in 1918 in the area of hierarchy of norms that would help underpin some of Kelsen's ideas on norms and how they fit into his pure theory of law.
'Basic norm ' (German: Grundnorm) is a concept in the Pure Theory of Law created by Hans Kelsen, a jurist and legal philosopher. Kelsen used this word to denote the basic norm, order, or rule that forms an underlying basis for a legal system.
Hans Kelsen (/ ˈ k ɛ l s ən /; German: [ˈhans ˈkɛlzən]; October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian and later American jurist, legal philosopher and political philosopher.
Hugo Krabbe (3 February 1857 – 4 February 1936) was a Dutch legal philosopher and writer on public law.Known for his contributions to the theory of sovereignty and the state, he is regarded as a precursor of Hans Kelsen.
In Kelsen's view, the validity of a legal norm derives from a higher norm, creating a hierarchy that ultimately rests on a "basic norm": this basic norm, not the sovereign, is the ultimate source of legal authority. In addition to Kelsen, other prominent legal positivists of the 20th century include H. L. A. Hart and Joseph Raz.
Title page "Rechtsphilosophie" (1932) Radbruch's legal philosophy derived from neo-Kantianism, which assumes that a categorical cleavage exists between "is" (sein) and "ought" (sollen).
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One copy of the first volume survived (now in the National Library of Thailand), and the planned second volume may never have been printed. [ 10 ] In 1862–3, Dan Beach Bradley, with the permission of King Rama IV (Mongkut) , printed the edition planned in 1849 in two volumes under the title Nangsue rueang kotmai mueang thai (Book on laws of ...