Kaehler on What Constitutes the Concept of Law? Potentialism as a Position Beyond Positivism and Natural Law

Lorenz Kaehler, University of Bremen Faculty of Law, has published What Constitutes the Concept of Law? Potentialism as a Position Beyond Positivism and Natural Law Theory. Here is the abstract. The dispute about the proper concept of law has long suggested that there is one concept of law that does not change with society or time. In this regard, positivism and natural law theory agree that there is a definite concept of law, although they disagree about its precise content. The paper examines this assumption by looking at the reasons that constitute the concept of law. It argues that this assumption of an unchangeable nature of the concept of law is implausible as normative reasons turn out to be decisive for this formation. The weight of these reasons might, at least, in principle depend on changing circumstances. The same holds if empirical circumstances are constitutive for the concept of law, because they might change as well. Consequently, the concept of law does not…

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