Hans Kelsen
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Hans Kelsen was an Austrian and later American jurist, legal philosopher and political philosopher. He is known principally for his theory of law, which he named the "pure theory of law ", and for his
Kelsen c. 1930
Akademisches Gymnasium in Vienna, where Kelsen received his secondary education.
Kelsen's 1905 book was about political allegory in Dante Alighieri (oil by Botticelli).
Hans Kelsen established the principles of judicial review in the Constitutions of Austria and Czechoslovakia following the example of John Marshall in the American Constitutional experience.
Jurisprudence
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Jurisprudence, also known as legal theory or legal science, is the philosophy of law. As a field of knowledge, it applies philosophical methods to legal questions, such as what the law is or how it ou
Hans Kelsen
…Hans Kelsen (; German: ; October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian and later American jurist, legal philosopher and political philosopher. He is known principally for his theory of law, which he named the "pure theory of law (Reine Rechtslehre)", and for his…
A gavel and court minutes from 1861–1862, symbolic of legal decisions