# Hans Kelsen

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URS: Pure Theory of Law Ch.4

In the first season of the Undisciplined Reading Series, we read Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. In this episode, we discuss Chapter 4, "The Static Aspect of Law", from that book.

URS: Pure Theory of Law Ch.5

In the first season of the Undisciplined Reading Series, we read Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. In this episode, we discuss Chapter 5, "The Dynamic Aspect of Law", from that book.

URS: Pure Theory of Law Ch.6

In the first season of the Undisciplined Reading Series, we read Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. In this episode, we discuss Chapter 6, "Law and State", from that book. My book: https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/319

URS: Pure Theory of Law Ch.7

In the first season of the Undisciplined Reading Series, we read Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. In this episode, we discuss Chapter 7, "State and International Law", from that book. My book: books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/319

Hans Kelsen's Life & Work w/ Lars Vinx

I speak to Lars Vinx of Cambridge University about the life and work of Hans Kelsen, his debate with Carl Schmitt, and the legacy of his work. This episode also marks the crowning of our Reading Series on the Pure Theory of Law. My book: https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/319 My p…

Ex-Ministers as Constitutional Judges - In Conversation with Mathias Möschel

Debates about the politicization of constitutional courts are as old as the institution itself. The concept’s originator, Hans Kelsen, emphasized the importance of preventingmembers of the government and parliament from sitting on constitutional courts, “because their acts are the acts to be contro…

What is Justice? Parsing through Plato, Habitual Obedience and Batman.

Is Justice getting what you deserve? Is it perhaps the balance of wisdom moderation and courage? Or is Justice a chimerical idea we are fed to go along with authority? Beau, Ben and Logan begin to tackle this timeless question. We explicitly reference Plato's Republic, Batman and John Austin's Comm…

Is Korea seeking a partisan democracy?

The author is the head of the editorial board at the JoongAng Ilbo. Which branch of government should prevail: the legislature or the judiciary? Political scientists have long debated this question. Robert Dahl, a leading American scholar, wrestled with it in "Democracy and Its Critics" (1989). He…

Episode 1605: Why the Habsburg Empire is as much a guide to our 21st Century Future as our 19th Century Past

Episode 1605: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Natasha Wheatley, the author of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF STATES, about the Central Europe and the transformation of modern sovereignty from empire to democracy Assistant Professor of History at Princeton, Natasha Wheatley is an historian of modern Eu…