Kazimierz Opałek Selected Papers in Legal Philosophy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Editor’s Introduction

   1. Editor’s Introduction

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 1-13

3. General Problems of Legal Philosophy

   1. The “General Science of Law”: Main Approaches and their History

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 15-30

   2. The Peculiarities of the Study of Law and the Question of Integration

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 31-48

   3. The Complexity of Law and of the Methods of its Study

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 49-62

   4. State and Law: An Attempt at Integration of the Juristic with the Sociological Approach

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 63-76

   5. The Problem of the Validity of Law

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 77-89

   6. The Rule of Law and Natural Law

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 91-98

   7. Internal and External Integration of the Study of Law

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 99-120

   8. Law and Politics in Time and Space

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 121-135

   9. Present Status of Legal Philosophy

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 137-152

   10. The Concept of “Positive Law”

       • Jan Woleński

       Pages 153-167

   11. Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

       • Jan Woleński

       Pages 169-180

4. Problems of Norms and Legal Language

   1. Some Problems of the Theory of Norms

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 181-200

   2. The Problem of “Directive Meaning”

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 201-215

   3. The Problem of the Existence of the Norm

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 217-231

   4. On the Logical-Semantic Structure of Directives

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 233-254

   5. Norm and Conduct, the Problem of the “Fulfilment” of the Norm

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 255-261

   6. Directives, Optatives, and Value Statements

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 263-293

   7. Directive Discourse

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 295-310

Philosophical aspects of law and jurisprudence are investigated from various points of view. This collection represents the analytic approach to legal philosophy. However, this approach is not extreme in the sense that it is limited exclusively to linguistic matters. The concept of norm as a directive of conduct is the central category analyzed in particular essays. The structure of directives as well as their semantic and pragmatic roles are studied. Pragmatic functions of directives are linked with their functioning as speech acts. Moreover, existence and validity of norms are analyzed. The author also touches on general methodological problems of legal theory and philosophy, particularly their relations to social sciences. The collection covers material interesting for philosophers, lawyers and social scientists.

• discourse
• natural law
• philosophy of law
• politics

• Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

  Jan Woleński

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