Axioms, axiomatization and law

• Authors: Martin Madej , Filip Horák
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the possibility and the desirability of axiomatization in law. In the first part, the paper examines the notion of axiom and the ways how it was or could be introduced into law. It is here where the authors openly invite the reader to lose the conventional approach and think about alternative ways to build basic legal concepts. In the second part, the paper continues by presenting several theories which endeavored (or appeared to endeavor) to show that law can (and should be) axiomatized and which even attempted to axiomatize it. After establishing whether these theories were successful at all, the authors add some of their own ideas on the topic of axiomatization.

Keywords

EN

law; axiom; axiomatization; normativity; legal system

CS

právo

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: The Lawyer Quarterly
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 254-270
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Martin Madej

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Filip Horák

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