THE CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTWritten during a tense period of the Cold War, this study observed that Bolshevism was a system that embraces anarchism in theory and totalitarianism in practice. In order to survive the Bolshevist state...
Reprint of the first edition. This classic work by the importantAustrian jurist is the fullest exposition of his enormouslyinfluential pure theory of law, which includes a theory of the state.It also has an extensive appendix that discusses the pure theor...
The influential jurist Hans Kelsen [1881-1973] here applies his concept of the distinction between society and nature. He shows how primitive man developed his interpretation of nature, through the laws of retribution and of causality, to a modern concept...
The influential jurist Hans Kelsen [1881-1973] here applies hisconcept of the distinction between society and nature. He shows howprimitive man developed his interpretation of nature, through the lawsof retribution and of causality, to a modern concept...
Reprint of the second revised and enlarged edition, a complete revision of the first edition published in 1934. A landmark in the development of modern jurisprudence, the pure theory of law defines law as a system of coercive norms created by the state...
Reprint of the second revised and enlarged edition, being a completely revisedversion of the first edition which was published in 1934. Kelsen[1881-1973], was the author of more than forty works on law and legalphilosophy, and is best known for this title...