Kelsen en la encrucijada: Ciencia jurídica e interpretación del derecho
ISSN: 0717-2877, 0718-0012
Year of publication: 2014
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 415-444
Type: Article
More publications in: Ius et Praxis
Abstract
This paper maintains that, when Kelsen legal science thesis are connected with those on legal interpretation, the result is a method for the study of law with an extremely limited practical relevance. To prove this hypothesis, we start by analyzing the theory of interpretation of Kelsen. Then, other causes of indeterminacy of law �contemplated by Kelsen himself� are analyzed. Finally, two possible interpretations of Kelsen�s legal science are analyzed to show, at last, how none of them is satisfactory in the light of his theory of interpretation.