Jurisprudence

Hart’s ‘Postscript’ and the Nature of Legal Theory

ILSU Working Paper No. 2008-08/IT by MATTEO MATTIONI This paper analyses the nature of Herbert L. A. Hart’s legal theory – that is the meta-cognitive aspect of his analytical jurisprudence – with reference to his last, unfinished writing (the Post-script to his Concept of Law, posthumously published in 1994) and to the recent, doubtful reply [...]


Implicit Premises: Structure of the Law and Extralegal Formant in Italy

ILSU Working Paper No. 2008-05/IT by LUIGI RUSSI & MATTEO MATTIONI The paper – a revision of ILSU Working Paper No. 2008-01/IT – aims to schematically illustrate and clarify the logical categories according to which it is hypothesized that the extralegal formant – law practitioners – of a specific civil law jurisdiction – Italy – [...]


Implicit Premises: Structure of the Law and Extralegal Formant in Italy

ILSU Working Paper No. 2008-01/IT (revised by ILSU Working Paper No. 2008-05/IT) by LUIGI RUSSI Abstract removed. Please check the revised version of this paper.