Ontological Commitment and the Concept of Legal System in Comparative Law and Legal Theory

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Abstract / Description of output

The paper attempts a case study to show how jurisprudence can profit from ideas taken from the general theory of science to develop the conceptual vocabulary to engage in meaningful discussions with comparative law. It analyses the concept of legal system as used in comparative law and legal theory against the framework of Sneed and Stegmuellers non-statement voew of scientific theories.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEpistemology and Ontology
Subtitle of host publicationIVR-Symposium Lund 2003
EditorsZenon Bankowski
PublisherFranz Steiner Verlag
Pages141-52
Volume102
ISBN (Print)3515087079, 9783515087070
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Publication series

NameArchiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie
PublisherFranz Steiner Verlag

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • ontology, structuralism, Snee, Stegmueller, non statement view, comparative law, legal theory

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