Legal System and Practical Reason. On the Structure of a Normative Theory of Law

Ratio Juris 5 (3):288-307 (1992)
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It will be argued, firstly, that there is a link between the legal validity of a norm and the rational justifiability of a requirement that judges should apply this norm, based on a normative conception of legal validity and the postulate that judges should act as rational persons; secondly, that rational justifiability of legal norms requires the construction of a legal system in a model of principles that differs from theories, e.g., of Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin and Alexy, which are not fully adequate for a normative conception of law

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10.1111/j.1467-9337.1992.tb00130.x

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