Introduction

Kelsen, legal science and positive law

Peter Langford, Ian Bryan, John McGarry

1-19

Kelsen and the problems of the social fact thesis

Lorenz Kähler

23-42

Natural law and the nature of law

Kelsen's paradox

Pierre-Yves Quiviger

43-54

Natural law systematics

is there a "grundnorm" in natural law?

Claes Peterson

57-71

Kelsen and contemporary constitutionalism

the continued presence of Kelsenian themes

Paolo Carrozza

75-98

Constitutionalism and value-free method

Kelsen's legacy in contemporary challenges

Valeria Giordano

99-118

Hans Kelsen and practical reason

Francesco Viola

121-139

Kelsen and legal interpretation

Isabel Lifante Vidal

141-152

Validity and correctness in Kelsen's theory of legal interpretation

José M. Cabra Apalategui

153-170

Hans Kelsen's works and the modern theories of human rights

173-191

Kelsen on democracy in light of contemporary theories of human rights

Christine Chwaszcza

193-212

Individual sovereignty

from Kelsen to the increase in the sources of the law

Francescomaria Tedesco

213-237

Kelsen and the necessity of God in the natural-law doctrine

John McGarry

241-255

Kelsen on natural law and legal science

Jan Sieckmann

257-273

Kelsen and natural law theory

an enduring critical affair

Pierluigi Chiassoni

275-301

Conclusion

positive law and the Kelsenian project

Peter Langford, John McGarry

303-320