Legal Certainty and the Commitments of Predictability (Part II)
Legal certainty is frequently associated with the idea that legal subjects must be able to anticipate how their actions will be classified by the legal system. Yet, as soon as the notion of predictability is... READ MORE
Who Needs a Judge? The Case for Authority of Customary International Law
Customary norms have historically governed societies both nationally and internationally long before the emergence of legislators and solid legal institutions. From tribal organisation to mercantile practices, custom has operated as a binding source... READ MORE
Legal Certainty and the Commitments of Predictability (Part I)
Legal certainty is frequently associated with the idea that legal subjects must be able to anticipate how their actions will be classified by the legal system. Yet, as soon as the notion of predictability is... READ MORE
The ‘Gældende’ Affair (Part II)
As we have seen in Part I, ‘gyldig’ and ‘gældende’ are two central concepts of the theory of law and of legal norms that Ross tried to advance in ORR. Most of the... READ MORE
A Very Scandinavian Saga (Part III)
Or: The First Steps of Ross, the Young Danish (Kantian?) Realist Part I and Part II of this “Very Scandinavian Saga” focused primarily on Axel Hägerström’s concern with building a jurisprudence grounded... READ MORE
HAPL #3 – Artificial Intelligence and Legal Theory (ft. Domingos Farinho)
The guest for this third episode of the HAPL podcast is Domingos Soares Farinho, currently professor auxiliar at the Faculdade de Direito of the Universidade de Lisboa, member of the Centro de Investigação... READ MORE
The ‘Gældende’ Affair (Part I)
This blog post is an attempt to present succinctly the misadventures of the translation of a key term in Alf Ross’ most famous book – some would say, his best and most important... READ MORE
Some Problems of ‘Authority’
‘Authority’ is a term that is widely used and considered to be of the utmost importance. At the same time, however, it is highly controversial and deeply indeterminate. Moreover, there are several questions... READ MORE