Rechts- und Staatslehre-Paket

Reine Rechtslehre (1. und 2. Auflage) + Allgemeine Staatslehre

Edited by Matthias Jestaedt By (author) Hans Kelsen

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Extent: 2259 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Law, Philosophy

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(November 2019)

ISBN: 9783161591181

4.45 x 7.2 inches

Price: $96.00

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Hans Kelsen’s “Pure Theory of Law”, which was published in 1934, is one of the key works on legal theory in the 20th century. In it, Kelsen presents a theory in which he separates the law from morality on the one hand and on the other hand from proven fact, a theory which was also critical of ideologies.

The second edition of the “Pure Theory of Law”, published in 1960, was in equal measure the culmination and the conclusion of the so-called classical phase of Hans Kelsen’s legal-theoretical oeuvre. Alongside H.L.A. Hart’s “The Concept of Law” (1961), it is the most important classic work of modern positivist jurisprudence.

With his “General Theory of the State,” Hans Kelsen joined the ranks of those who were part of a specifically German tradition, but this work was radically new and different compared to other general theories of the state. Not only did the book serve as a prelude to the so-called “Weimar Debate” on the future of German public law and the methodology of its scholarship, it is also the first cohesive portrayal of the “Pure Theory of Law.”

This set contains the first and second edition of Hans Kelsen’s “Reine Rechtslehre” as well as the “Allgemeine Staatslehre” at a special price of 64 € instead of 82 €).

Matthias Jestaedt (Herausgegeben von)
is Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg.
Hans Kelsen (Von (Autor))
(1881-1973): 1919-30 university professor in Vienna; 1919-1930 constitutional judge; 1930-33 professor in Cologne; 1933-40 professor in Geneva; 1936-38 professor in Prague; 1945-52 professor in Berkeley.

  • Edited by Matthias Jestaedt
  • By (author) Hans Kelsen