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Juristic Concept of the Validity of Statutory Law

A Critique of Contemporary Legal Nonpositivism

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  • The first study devoted to the postpositivist conception of the validity of statutory law, based on a critical analysis of all the basic theories of legal validity elaborated up to now
  • The first English-language monograph on the contemporary German nonpositivist conception of law developed by Ralf Dreier and Robert Alexy
  • An innovative model of validity discourse, characteristic for the systems of statutory law, that introduces the concept of the juristic presumption of the validity of legal norms
  • Presents the theory of the validity of statutory legal norms, aimed at the practice of law, in particular the jurisdiction of the constitutional courts

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Andrzej Grabowski
    Pages 1-8
  3. Critique of the Nonpositivist Conception of Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. The Nonpositivist Concept of Law

      • Andrzej Grabowski
      Pages 11-22
    3. Critique of Nonpositivist Argumentation

      • Andrzej Grabowski
      Pages 61-191
  4. Clarification of the Juristic Concept of the Validity of Statutory Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
    2. Epilogue

      • Andrzej Grabowski
      Pages 537-541
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 543-595

About this book

This book presents the theory of the validity of legal norms, aimed at the practice of law, in particular the jurisdiction of the constitutional courts. The postpositivist concept of the validity of statutory law, grounded on a critical analysis of the basic theories of legal validity elaborated up to now, is introduced. In the first part of the book a contemporary German nonpositivist conception of law developed by Ralf Dreier and Robert Alexy is analysed in order to answer the question whether the juristic concept of legal validity should include moral standards or criteria. In the second part, a postpositivist concept of legal validity and an innovative model of validity discourse, based on the juristic presumption of the validity of legal norms, are proposed. The book is a work on analytical legal theory, written from a postpositivist, detached point of view.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, Department of Legal Theory, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

    Andrzej Grabowski

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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