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The epistemology of law in the light of the metaphysical legitimation of law

Publication date: 19.12.2018

Principia, 2018, Volume 65, pp. 167-184

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843887PI.18.007.9890

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Tomasz Bekrycht
Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz
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The epistemology of law in the light of the metaphysical legitimation of law

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The problems associated with understanding law as the regulator of social relations involve many separate issues which undoubtedly constitute intellectual challenges for the philosophy of law. In this context, the philosophy of law inquires, inter alia, about whether law exists as a universal structure of the category of being, and about the possibility of the objective cognition of law as an ontological and deontological category. However, it transpires that this task is by no means easy, when it comes to questions concerning epistemological and ontological issues in relation to law – and consequently its justification (the metaphysics of law), and then its legitimation – unequivocal answers are not forthcoming.

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Information: Principia, 2018, Volume 65, pp. 167-184

Article type: Original article

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The epistemology of law in the light of the metaphysical legitimation of law

Polish: Epistemologia prawa w świetle metafizycznego uzasadnienia prawa

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-6257

Tomasz Bekrycht
Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-6257 Orcid
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Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz

Published at: 19.12.2018

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The research on this article was funded by the National Science Centre, Poland, no. 2015/19/B/HS5/03114.

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