Hans Kelsen
- Jurist
- Hans Kelsen
- School
- Analytical Positivism
- Father of
- Pure Theory of Law
- Theory
- Pure Theory of Law; hierarchy of norms with the Grundnorm at the apex; identity of state and law; methodological purity.
- Quote
Absolute justice is an irrational ideal, an illusion of mankind.
- Books
Pure Theory of Law, General Theory of Law and State
- Propounded
Pure Theory of Law; Grundnorm (basic norm); hierarchy of norms; identity of state and law
- Born
- 1881
- Died
- 1973
- Portrait
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