Kelsens Legacy: Legal Normativity, International Law and Democracy [Hardcover]

This volume offers a comprehensive examination of Hans Kelsen's legal and political philosophy, focusing on four central themes.

The first part analyses Kelsen's theory of norms, including its periodisation and concepts of validity and coercion. The second part explores his perspectives on international law, addressing its structural analysis, primitive law characterisation, and teleology. The third part examines Kelsen's theory of democracy, its relationship with the pure theory of law, collective will, and democratisation of the administration. The final part discusses Kelsen's influence on the Vienna School of Legal Theory and its impact on case law and jurisprudence beyond Europe. This collection is essential for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand Kelsen's legacy.

Jorge Emilio N??ezis Reader in Legal Philosophy (Jurisprudence), Political Philosophy, and International Relations at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Gonzalo Villa-Rosasis Research Fellow at the Department of Legal and Constitutional History at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna, Austria.
Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamorais Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Law, State University of New York, USA.

Introduction,Stanley L Paulson (University of Kiel, Germany)
1. Reading 'Kelsen's Legacy',Gonzalo Villa-Rosas (University of Vienna, Austria)

Part I: Legal Norms
2. On Eugenio Bulygin's Kelsen,Stanley L Paulson (University of Kiel, Germany)
3. Hans Kelsen's Concept of the Relative A Priori,Robert Alexy (University of Kiel, Germany)
4. Kelsen the Outsider, Iain Stewart (Macquarie Law School, Sydney)
5. Varieties of Validity,Carsten Heidemann (Schleswig-Holstein Bar Association, Germany)
6. On Force, Effectiveness and Law in Kelsen,Julieta A Rabanos (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Part II: International Law
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