Hans Kelsen's Concept of Normative Imputation. (24th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Langford, Peter; Bryan, Ian
• Is Part Of: Ratio juris. Volume 26:Number 1(2013:Mar.)
• Page Start: 85
• Page End: 110
• Publication Date: 2013-02-24
• Subjects: Law -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; 340
• DOI: 10.1111/raju.12004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-1917

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This article compares and contrasts Hans Kelsen's concept of normative imputation, in the Lecture Course of 1926, with the concepts of peripheral and central imputation, in <italic>The Pure Theory of Law</italic> of 1934. In this process, a wider and more significant distinction is revealed within the development of Hans Kelsen's theory of positive law. This distinction represents a shift in Kelsen's philosophical allegiance from the Neo‐Kantianism of Windelband to that of Cohen. This, in turn, reflects a broader disengagement of <italic>The Pure Theory of Law</italic> from the more direct connection with a political project of a <italic>civitas maxima</italic> envisaged by the Lecture Course.</p> </abstract>