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Hans Kelsen (/ ˈ k ɛ l s ən /; German: [ˈhans ˈkɛlsən]; October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian jurist, legal philosopher and political philosopher.He was the principal architect of the 1920 Austrian Constitution, which with amendments is still in operation.
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.
Alf Niels Christian Ross (10 June 1899 – 17 August 1979) was a Danish jurist, legal philosopher and judge of the European Court of Human Rights (1959–1971). [1] He is best known as one of the leading figures of Scandinavian legal realism.
Bust of Hans Kelsen in the Arkadenhof, University of Vienna. The British legal positivism hitherto mentioned was founded on empiricism; by contrast, legal positivism was founded on the transcendental idealism of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Whereas British legal positivists regard law as distinct from morals, their Germanic ...
This was subjected to criticism by the advocates of legal positivism such as the jurist Hans Kelsen for its distinction between "law created by the state and law produced by the organisational imperatives of non-state social associations". [21] According to Kelsen, Ehrlich had confused Sein ("is") and Sollen ("ought"). [22]
Entrance to the Mathematical Seminar at the University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5.Meeting place of the Vienna Circle. The Vienna Circle (German: Wiener Kreis) of logical empiricism was a group of elite philosophers and scientists drawn from the natural and social sciences, logic and mathematics who met regularly from 1924 to 1936 at the University of Vienna, chaired by Moritz Schlick.
Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be.It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values; as well as the relationship between law and other fields of study, including economics, ethics, history, sociology, and political philosophy.
Hans Kelsen (1881–1973). Legal positivist. Moritz Schlick (1882–1936). Founder of Vienna Circle, logical positivism. Otto Neurath (1882–1945). Member of Vienna Circle. Nicolai Hartmann (1882–1950). Jacques Maritain (1882–1973). Human rights theorist. José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955). Philosopher of History. Karl Jaspers (1883 ...