La gira sudamericana de Hans Kelsen en 1949: El "frente sur" de la Teoría pura

This paper seeks to better understand the most important event in Latin American legal philosophy, which had received little attention in the literature: the tour of Hans Kelsen, the most important legal theorist of the twentieth century, through Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil in 1949. To this end, w...

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Main Author: Sarlo, Óscar
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Manizales (UManizales): Centro de Investigaciones Socio-Jurídicas de la Facultad de Derecho 2010
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3343301
Source:Ambiente Jurídico, ISSN 0123-9465, Nº. 12, 2010, pags. 400-425
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Summary: This paper seeks to better understand the most important event in Latin American legal philosophy, which had received little attention in the literature: the tour of Hans Kelsen, the most important legal theorist of the twentieth century, through Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil in 1949. To this end, we examine the background that allowed Prof. Carlos Cossio de Buenos Aires, realize this important event. Then, we reconstruct Kelsen's movements during the long 67 days journey. Kelsen's conferences in Buenos Aires were preceded by a singular enthusiasm from the Egological School of Cossio, notwithstanding that the result was a serious rift between them. Trying to understand this outcome, we examined three dimensions: personal, political-academic and epistemological. The most plausible hypothesis for the author, is that the academic and political context surrounding the encounter, is the key to understand the outcome though frustrating for both theorists.