
Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2016
Pages: 17-29
Series: Law and Philosophy Library
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319331287
Full citation:
, "Kelsen in the United States", in: Hans Kelsen in America, Berlin, Springer, 2016


Kelsen in the United States
still misunderstood
pp. 17-29
in: Hans Kelsen in America, Berlin, Springer, 2016Abstract
In American legal philosophy—even if one narrows one's focus to careful consideration of the sub-category, American analytical legal philosophy—the ideas of Hans Kelsen are generally ignored. And on the rare occasions when Kelsen's ideas are not ignored, they are almost always discussed quickly, and, more often than not, erroneously. Part I of this paper gives examples of Kelsen's works being overlooked, sample misreadings by prominent theorists, and considers some standard explanations for this indifference and ignorance. Part II turns to some more subtle (and controversial) questions of correct and incorrect readings, focusing on Kelsen's Basic Norm.
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Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2016
Pages: 17-29
Series: Law and Philosophy Library
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319331287
Full citation:
, "Kelsen in the United States", in: Hans Kelsen in America, Berlin, Springer, 2016