The public international law theory of Hans Kelsen : believing in universal law /

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Author / Creator:Bernstorff, Jochen von, author.
Uniform title:Glaube an das universale Recht. English
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 68
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 68.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12598692
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Other authors / contributors:Dunlap, Thomas, 1959- author.
ISBN:9780511776953 (ebook)
9780521516181 (hardback)
9781107699878 (paperback)
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Summary:This analysis of Hans Kelsen's international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century, including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen. The relationship between his Pure Theory of Law and his international law writings is examined, enabling the reader to understand how Kelsen tried to square his own liberal cosmopolitan project with his methodological convictions as laid out in his Pure Theory of Law. Finally, Jochen von Bernstorff discusses the limits and continuing relevance of Kelsenian formalism for international law under the term of 'reflexive formalism', and offers a reflection on Kelsen's theory of international law against the background of current debates over constitutionalisation, institutionalisation and fragmentation of international law. The book also includes biographical sketches of Hans Kelsen and his main students Alfred Verdross and Joseph L. Kunz.
Other form:Print version: 9780521516181