HANS KELSEN (1881-1973) Lecture – Part I Notes Like other legal positivists‚ Hans Kelsen attempts to “describe” the law separate and distinct from morality or ideology. WHAT MAKES KELSEN A LEGAL POSITIVIST? 1. Kelsen’s theory is free from ideological issues‚ and no value judgments are made concerning the “legal system per se.” 2. Historical‚ sociological and moral issues are beyond the scope of Kelsen’s pure theory of law. As such‚ Kelsen’s “Pure Theory” attempts to examine and
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will begin by explaining the speculative behaviours of stock traders on lottery type of stocks‚ the probable data source and methodology. This will be followed by introducing the concept of positivism and identifying the reasons for selecting positivism. This paper will also provide some criticisms to positivism. Lastly‚ the paper ends with a summary. Speculative Behaviours of the Stock Traders in Lottery Type of Stocks My research will be mainly focus on the speculative behaviours of the stock
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LEGAL POSITIVISM vs. NATURAL LAW THEORY There are two “natural law” theories about two different things: i) a natural law theory of morality‚ or what’s right and wrong‚ and ii) a natural law theory of positive law‚ or what’s legal and illegal. The two theories are independent of each other: it’s perfectly consistent to accept one but reject the other. Legal positivism claims that ii) is false. Legal positivism and the natural law theory of positive law are rival views about what is law and what is
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developing the theory of legal positivism. He attempted to clearly separate moral rules from "positive law." Austin’s theory also falls under Constitutions‚ International Law‚ non-sanctioned rules‚ or law that gives rights. Austin believed that people have different interpretations of what is wrong and right. Therefore‚ ’set’ laws needed to be established that has to be obeyed. There are three aspects of Austin’s theory of law - Analytical Jurisprudence‚ Legal Positivism and Command theory of law and
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* General comments: Exploring the question of how particular laws come to be included within legal systems is a characteristic question of some theories known as theories of legal positivism The question of whether all legal systems or even all laws‚ partake of some more general moral qualities is characteristic of some theories known as natural law theories Hybrid theories (that of Dworkin) suggest that the manner in which any and every particular law becomes part of a legal system can only be
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Elizabeth Lake Concepts and Nature of Law John Austin 1) PHILOSOPHER’S VIEW John Austin’s philosophy of law was that “where there is law‚ there are patterns of commanding and obeying. His definition of commanding was a general one rather than specific to a given occasion or an expression of one person’s wish for another person to act a certain way. He believed that any expression of an intention did not count as a command‚ only the expressed intention of a superior or sovereign who has
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THE HART-FULLER DEBATE It is important to consider‚ howbeit briefly‚ the academic exchanges between the proponents of legal positivism as represented by H.L.A. Hart and those of the natural law school represented by Lon Fuller. The gravamen of such academic discourse‚ usually tagged Hart-Fuller debate is to be found in the Harvard Law Review 1958. Curzon identifies the background of the debate as the atrocities committed by Germany during the 2nd World War. Under the National-Socialist regime
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NATURAL LAW – DUTY TO OBEY UNJUST LAWS Important aspects of natural law can be traced back to Aristotle‚ Plato and the stories of Sophocles‚ Antigone & Oedipus. They offered arguments for the existence of a higher form of law‚ a set of standards against which existing legal norms can be compared and judged. Plato argued that individual objects (e.g. individual trees and chairs and individual instances of equality or beauty) were imperfect reflections or instances of an eternal Idea or Form
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centuries. It seems that the biggest proportion of this debate has been sparked by the emergence of legal positivism and utilitarianism from writers such as Hobbes‚ John Austin‚ and H.L.A Hart. Before this train of thought‚ morality in law was seen as a key necessity and was left to a great extent unopposed; arguably until Hobbes revolutionised the field of jurisprudence with his theories of legal positivism and utilitarianism. This way of thinking was further bolstered by the writings of Austin‚ Hart and
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&operation=go&searchType=0 &lastSearch=simple&all=on&titleOrStdNo=0263-323X JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY VOLUME 14‚NUMBER 3. AUTUMN 1987 0263-323X $3.00. Natural Law Theory and Legal Positivism: Two Sides of the Same Practical Coin? TIM KAYE* INTRODUCTION In their article "The Practical Difference between Natural-Law Theory and Legal Positivism"‚ ’ Deryck Beyleveld and Roger Brownsword have maintained that if the continuing debate between legal positivists and natural lawyers is ever to get beyond misrepresentation
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