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Legal positivism in the postwar debate

Mauro Barberis , Giorgio Bongiovanni

pp. 1307-1326

As was noted earlier, the central theme in the legal-philosophical debate after World War II was the relation between law and morals. This drew into a discussion two research traditions, natural law and legal positivism, that had hitherto tended to ignore each other: Exemplary in this respect is Kelsen's gesture in stating that no reine Rechtslehre could ever concern itself with justice.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1479-3_37

Full citation:

Barberis, M. , Bongiovanni, G. (2016)., Legal positivism in the postwar debate, in E. Pattaro & C. Roversi (eds.), A treatise of legal philosophy and general jurisprudence 12, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1307-1326.

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