How Merkl's Stufenbaulehre Informs Kelsen's Concept of Law

How Merkl's Stufenbaulehre informs Kelsen's concept of law. For many reasons, it seems that Kelsen's legal theory uses two competing concepts of law, one turning on coercion, the later concept reflecting the process of law creation. But this is not the case. Actually the two concepts...

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Main Author: Paulson, Stanley L.
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Published: Klub Revus - Centre for Studies on Democracy and European Constitutionality 2013
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00006678382019-02-21How Merkl's Stufenbaulehre Informs Kelsen's Concept of LawPaulson, Stanley L.hierarchy of normsdynamic principlestatic principleStufenbautheorieHartKelsenMerklHow Merkl's Stufenbaulehre informs Kelsen's concept of law. For many reasons, it seems that Kelsen's legal theory uses two competing concepts of law, one turning on coercion, the later concept reflecting the process of law creation. But this is not the case. Actually the two concepts are incorporated into a single concept of law. Here we face with two points of view which are combined in a single concept of law that reflects both process and coercion. In such an enterprise, the Stufenbaulehre and the conceptual machinery that can be drawn from it is central to our understanding of Kelsen's concept of law.Klub Revus - Centre for Studies on Democracy and European Constitutionality2013text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4770987(Revista) ISSN 1581-7652(Revista) ISSN 1855-7112Revus: Journal for constitutional theory and philosophy of law, ISSN 1855-7112, Nº. 21, 2013 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Les juristes et la hiérarchie des normes), pags. 29-45engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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How Merkl's Stufenbaulehre Informs Kelsen's Concept of Law
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How Merkl's Stufenbaulehre informs Kelsen's concept of law. For many reasons, it seems that Kelsen's legal theory uses two competing concepts of law, one turning on coercion, the later concept reflecting the process of law creation. But this is not the case. Actually the two concepts are incorporated into a single concept of law. Here we face with two points of view which are combined in a single concept of law that reflects both process and coercion. In such an enterprise, the Stufenbaulehre and the conceptual machinery that can be drawn from it is central to our understanding of Kelsen's concept of law.
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