Hans Kelsen
Hans Kelsen · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Legal philosopher; developed the 'Pure Theory of Law' and modern legal positivism
1881, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) — 1973, Orinda, California, USA
Austria · Germany · Switzerland · United States
Hans Kelsen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Legal philosopher; developed the 'Pure Theory of Law' and modern legal positivism
Kelsen was one of the most important legal philosophers of the 20th century, author of the 'Pure Theory of Law', which sought to describe law as a self-contained hierarchy of norms free of morality and politics, and a principal architect of modern constitutional review. He drafted the Austrian Constitution of 1920. Born to a Jewish family in Prague, he converted to Catholicism yet was still forced by antisemitism and Nazism to flee Europe for the United States.
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Legal philosopher; developed the 'Pure Theory of Law' and modern legal positivism
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
