TY - JOUR
TI - On Radbruch’s formula
AU - Woleński, Jan
TI - On Radbruch’s formula
AB - 
	The aim of this article is to analyse Radbruch’'s formula (lex iniustissima non est lex) with regard to the notions it contains and to indicate that it expresses a basic problem of philosophy of law linked to the discussion between legal positivism and the doctrines of natural law. That analysis underpins the proposal for a possible  rational compromise between the two standpoints. The main problem in the dispute between the rival doctrines amounts to the adoption of some material criterion for defining gross injustice, whilst the background to the dispute is the functioning of the principle which states that law is not retroactive.
VL - 2015
IS - Volume 61-62
PY - 2016
SN - 0867-5392
C1 - 2084-3887
SP - 5
EP - 18
DO - 10.4467/20843887PI.15.001.5530
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/principia/article/o-formule-radbrucha
KW - law and morality
KW - nomological necessity
KW - external morality of law
KW - supra-statutory law
KW - law-governed state