
Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2018
Pages: 93-109
Series: Law and Philosophy Library
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319988207
Full citation:
, "On Leon Petrażycki's critical realism and legal realism", in: Russian legal realism, Berlin, Springer, 2018


On Leon Petrażycki's critical realism and legal realism
pp. 93-109
in: Bartosz Broek, Julia Stanek, Jerzy Stelmach (eds), Russian legal realism, Berlin, Springer, 2018Abstract
The author shows that Petrażycki adopted a form of critical realism, and that, despite him never using the exact term "legal realism", his approach to legal phenomena can be regarded as a form of legal realism—if understood as critical realism applied to legal phenomena. In the first part of the chapter, the author presents Petrażycki's critical realism. Here, his theory of perception and his conceptualization of deduction/induction as a scientific method (akin to Popper's method) is presented. In the second part of the chapter, the author shows that Petrażycki's theory of law, as well as his legal dogmatics and legal policy, should be all regarded as forms of legal realism. To this goal, after presenting Petrażycki's distinction between objective-cognitive and subjective-relational sciences, the manner in which Petrażycki uses terms meaning "real", "realist", "realistic", is examined. When reconstructing Petrażycki's conception of legal dogmatics, the author also draws on Lande's writings—the most consistent developer of Petrażycki's ideas.
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Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2018
Pages: 93-109
Series: Law and Philosophy Library
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319988207
Full citation:
, "On Leon Petrażycki's critical realism and legal realism", in: Russian legal realism, Berlin, Springer, 2018