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Empiricism

22 Jul 2025

A Very Scandinavian Saga (Part I)

Bruno Assalin posted in: Thematic | 0

Or: Hägerström’s War on Legal on Metaphysics (or Magic!) Hans Kelsen, in the first edition of his Pure Theory of Law from 1934, recounts that, with the victory of the liberal bourgeoisie in the 19th century, an unprecedented cycle of … Continued

Axel Hägerström, Collective Sovereignty, Empiricism, Legal Metaphysics, legal positivism, Magical Thinking in Law, Scandinavian Legal Realism

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