
Publication details
Verlag: Springer
Ort: Berlin
Jahr: 2016
Pages: 59-83
Reihe: Law and Philosophy Library
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319331287
Volle Referenz:
, "The Kelsen-Hart debate", in: Hans Kelsen in America, Berlin, Springer, 2016


The Kelsen-Hart debate
Hart's critique of Kelsen's legal monism reconsidered
pp. 59-83
in: Hans Kelsen in America, Berlin, Springer, 2016Abstrakt
Kelsen's legal monism—the claim that it is impossible for legal science to recognize the existence of more than one legal system—is often held to be one of the least plausible aspects of Kelsen's pure theory of law. This paper challenges the criticism of Kelsen's monism in the work of H.L.A. Hart. In particular, it will argue that Hart failed to show that Kelsen's monism rests on a mistaken criterion of the identity of legal system and that it is, therefore, descriptively inadequate. Kelsen's monism is not only descriptively viable but potentially able to provide an interesting counterpoint to the prevalent legal pluralist orthodoxy in the theory of legal system.
Publication details
Verlag: Springer
Ort: Berlin
Jahr: 2016
Pages: 59-83
Reihe: Law and Philosophy Library
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319331287
Volle Referenz:
, "The Kelsen-Hart debate", in: Hans Kelsen in America, Berlin, Springer, 2016