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  • Natural Law Theory

    Main source: Finnis, John, "Natural Law Theories", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Definition of Legal Law Among the theories that define legal law there are: the theory of Hans Kelsen, who argues that law is […]

  • Theory of Divine Law

    John Finnis’ Theory of Divine Law The theory of divine law is a theory that there is some entity out there that created both legal laws and scientific laws. These types of laws are still separate, and in fact, people were well aware of this since at least the time of Plato and Aristotle. However,…

  • Pure Theory of Law

    Pure Theory of Law Overview Hans Kelsen was an Austrian legal theorist, who worked in Germany until the rise of the Nazi Party, and then in the USA. He published the first edition of The Pure Theory of Law in 1934, and a second, expanded edition (which I read) in 1960. The theory is ‘pure’…

  • Pure Theory of Law

    Pure Theory of Law Overview Hans Kelsen was an Austrian legal theorist, who worked in Germany until the rise of the Nazi Party, and then in the USA. He published the first edition of The Pure Theory of Law in 1934, and a second, expanded edition (which I read) in 1960. The theory is ‘pure’…

  • Mixed Theories of Law

    Mixed Theories of Law Papers and Books Aulis Aarnio (ed.) (1998). On Coherence Theory of Law. Distribution, Akademibokhandeln I Lund. Robert Alexy (2015). Legal Certainty and Correctness. Ratio Juris 28 (4):441-451. What is the relation between legal certainty and correctness? This question poses one of the perpetual problems of the theory and practice of law-and…

  • Interpretivist Theories of Law

    Interpretivist Theories of Law Papers and Books Larry Alexander (1987). Striking Back at the Empire: A Brief Survey of Problems in Dworkin’s Theory of Law. [REVIEW] Law and Philosophy 6 (3):419 – 438. In Law’s Empire Dworkin remains committed to carving out a middleground between natural law and legal positivism. But natural law andlegal positivism…

  • Nature of Law

    Nature of Law The Nature of Law and Legal Systems This section covers: Interpretivist Theories of Law Legal Positivism Natural Law Theory Legal Realism Mixed Theories of Law Books and Papers Josep Aguiló Regla (1990). Lenguaje jurídico, lenguaje documental y tesauro. Theoria 5 (1-2):31-65. The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand,…

  • Nature of Law

    Nature of Law The Nature of Law and Legal Systems This section covers: Interpretivist Theories of Law Legal Positivism Natural Law Theory Legal Realism Mixed Theories of Law Books and Papers Josep Aguiló Regla (1990). Lenguaje jurídico, lenguaje documental y tesauro. Theoria 5 (1-2):31-65. The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand,…

  • Universal Theory of Physical Law

    The Universal Theory of Physical Law Universal theory is an alternative to Regularity theory, and offers a different definition of physical law. You should read the Regularity post before this one. I have learnt about the theory as posited by the philosopher D M Armstrong, but it has also been proposed (in slightly different forms)…

  • Regularity Theory of Physical Law

    The Regularity Theory of Physical Law Regularity theory offers one definition of a physical law – that physical laws do nothing more than describe regularities in the universe. There are no laws that predetermine the stuff in our universe – the ‘stuff’ is all there is, and physical laws are merely ways by which we…

  • Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation

    Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation In the introduction to this legal Dictionary, the author believes that, whatever the “merits of the descriptive vs. prescriptive debate regarding ordinary dictionaries, the task for a specialized legal dictionary is clear. It must be both descriptive and prescriptive. It must be descriptive in order to provide a complete picture of…

  • Law and politics : a cross-cultural Encyclopedia

    Law and politics : a cross-cultural Encyclopedia Bibliographic Details Title: Law and politics : a cross-cultural encyclopedia Author: Daniel P. Strouthes. Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1995. LC Classification: K 487 .P65S77 1995X Pages: 301 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. ISBN: 0874367778 Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index. Law and…

  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • Economic Analysis of Law

    Economic Analysis of Law Introduction: Critical legal studies The Critical legal studies is a theory that challenges and overturns accepted norms and standards in legal theory and practice which fully emerged in the late 1970s. “Critical legal studies was a left-wing political/academic movement that now exists only as a school of thought in legal academia.…