Rights, Culture and the Law

Nils Jansen, Cambridge Law Journal, 1999 Review from other book by this author a collection of essays thoroughly edited by Stanley Paulson and Bonnie Litschewski Paulson ... Within this review, it is impossible to give a complete overview of this rich discussion and to relate it to other Kelsenian debates. Fortunately, this is done by Stanley Paulson's instructive introduction ... well chosen collection.

Robert Alexy, University of Kiel Centring on the themes closely tied to the most influential legal philosophy and legal theory of the century, this book comprises articles by the best writers in the field, selected and edited by the Paulsons. What is more, the leading authority on Kelson's theory, Stanley Paulson, has contributed a rich and suggestive introduction to the volume.

Paolo Comanducci, University of Genoa This book, on Kelsen and beyond, underscores the role of the normativity of the law in the work of the greatest legal philosopher of our century.

Ralf Dreier, University of Gottingen Normativity and Norms is a singlularly distinguished painstakingly edited collection that represents an estimable contribution to international research on Kelson's work.

John Finnis, University College, Oxford University Once again we are indebted to the Paulsons for the light shed by their masterly scholarship and by their encouragment of other scholars upon the work of a thinker of unique significance in twentieth-century social and practical philosophy.

Lukas H. Meyer, University of Bremen Stanley and Bonnie Paulson have brought together an invaluable set of papers that offers not only deep insight into the thinking of one of our preeminent legal philosophers, but also a fresh appreciation of the incomparable impact Kelson's work has had on this century's debates on legal philosophy. Many of these texts are original contributions or have been translated into English for the first time.

Aleksander Peczenik, University of Lund This is the most insightful selection of writings about Hans Kelsen's important theory, edited by the best expert on the subject. All serious students of the Pure Theory of Law will simply have to read it.

Alexander Somek, University of Vienna This remarkable volume brings together some of the most important work on legal positivism written in this century, including newer essays by eminent scholars in the field. And in an introductory essay, Stanley L. Paulson provides an illuminating account of the major strengths and attendant shortcomings of Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law. In short, the volume is indispensable reading for anyone interested not just in the theory of legal positivism but in legal theory generally.

<br>Meyer: UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN, Full-Time University Assistant in Political Philosophy (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), 1995- (on leave 2000-02), FREIE UNIVERSIT T BERLIN, Teaching Assistant in Law and Politics (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), 1990-92 and 1994-95; Feodor-Lynen Research Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung in moral and political philosophy in residence at the COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (Visiting Scholar), 2001-02; HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Center for Ethics and the Professions, Faculty Fellow in Ethics, 2000-01; BALLIOL COLLEGE, Oxford, Senior Research Associate, Fall 1990, Spring 1991; SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS, New York, Department of Disarmament Affairs, Internship, Summer 1987 Pogge: Since receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard, Thomas W. Pogge has been teaching moral and political philosophy at Columbia University. His recent publications include "What We Can Reasonably Reject" (NO S 2002), "Eradicating Systemic Poverty: Brief for a Global Resources Dividend" (Journal of Human Development), "Achieving Democracy" (Ethics and International Affairs), "How Should Human Rights be Conceived?" (in Hayden, ed.: The Philosophy of Human Rights 2001), "Human Flourishing and Universal Justice" (Social Philosophy and Policy 1999). Pogge's work was supported, most recently, by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Stanley Paulson: Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Washington University, St Louis<br>

FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; ISSUES IN JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL PHILOSOPHY: THE NATURE OF LAW, PRACTICAL REASON, AUTHORITY, SOURCES OF AND GAPS IN THE LAW; 1. The Nature of Arguments about the Nature of Law; 2. Stronger Reasons; 3. Are Reasons for Action Beliefs?; 4. Authority for Officials; 5. Legal Reasoning and the Authority of Law; 6. Raz on Gaps; PERSPECTIVES ON LIBERAL SOCIETY: EQUALITY, INCOMMENSURABILITY, GROUP RIGHTS, AND MULTICULTURALISM; 7. Equality, Incommensurability, and Rights; 8. The Intrinsic Value of Economic Equality; 9. Past and Future; 10. Group Rights; 11. Against Collective Rights; 12. Understanding Multiculturalism; 13. Liberal Theories of Multiculturalism; JOSEPH RAZ: RESPONSE; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JOSEPH RAZ