Chapter 5: The basic norm and efficacy of the legal system
Alexander Orakhelashvili
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Monograph Chapter
Published:
31 May 2019
Page Range:
149–192
Collection:
Law 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111423.00009
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Chapter 5 focuses on the basic norm, which has been a concept contested by Kelsen’s opponents. The chapter addresses criticisms of the basic norm, its possible analytical alternatives, and then places it in the context of positivist methodology. After that, the basic norm of the UK legal system is identified and the overall efficacy of this legal system is rationalised in terms of the pure theory.

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Cover Domesticating Kelsen
Domesticating Kelsen
Monograph Book
Published:
31 May 2019
Print ISBN:
9781788111416
eISBN:
9781788111423
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111423
Pages:
c 224
Collection:
Law 2019
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