Abbreviations |
Foreword |
Foreword to the English Edition |
The Problem of Legal Positivism / I: |
The Basic Positions / 1: |
The Practical Significance of the Debate / 2: |
Statutory Injustice / A: |
Judicial Development of the Law / B: |
The Concept of Law / II: |
Central Elements |
Positivistic Concepts of Law |
Primarily Oriented toward Efficacy |
External Aspect / (i): |
Internal Aspect / (ii): |
Primarily Oriented toward Issuance |
Critique of Positivistic Concepts of Law / 3: |
Separation Thesis and Connection Thesis |
A Conceptual Framework |
Concepts of Law Omitting Validity and Embracing Validity |
Legal Systems as Systems of Norms and as Systems of Procedures |
Observer's and Participant's Perspectives / (iii): |
Classifying and Qualifying Connections / (iv): |
Conceptually Necessary and Normatively Necessary Connections / (v): |
Combinations / (vi): |
The Observer's Perspective / C: |
Individual Norms |
Legal Systems |
The Participant's Perspective / D: |
The Argument from Correctness |
The Argument from Injustice |
The Argument from Principles |
The Validity of Law / III: |
Concepts of Validity |
The Sociological Concept of Validity |
The Ethical Concept of Validity |
The Juridical Concept of Validity |
Collisions of Validity |
Legal and Social Validity |
Systems of Norms |
Legal and Moral Validity |
Basic Norm |
The Analytical Basic Norm (Kelsen) |
Concept |
Necessity |
Possibility |
Content |
Tasks |
Status |
The Normative Basic Norm (Kant) |
The Empirical Basic Norm (Hart) |
Definition / IV: |
Index of Names |
Index of Subjects |
Abbreviations |
Foreword |
Foreword to the English Edition |
The Problem of Legal Positivism / I: |
The Basic Positions / 1: |
The Practical Significance of the Debate / 2: |