CIRKULARITA V PRÁVE

• Authors: Eduard Bárány

Title variants

EN

Circularity in law

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

There are three kinds of circularity in legal systems: 1. Avoidable mistake of a legal regulation, when two or more legal norms refer mutually to each other. This situation is relatively common in times of legal (including constitutional) pluralism. 2. Complex system of mutual but mediated references and of „legal regulation of law“ (secondary rules). This kind of circularity is necessary in any developed legal system. 3. Rule of recognition is unavoidably a self-applying one. It is self-application results in a paradox and regres ad infinitim. It is a proof of necessity of some extralegal starting point for any legal system. The circulartiy forms one of the central tenants of autopoietic concept of legal system, but it is not only necessary for any developed legal system, it relativizes the ideas of (operative) closure of legal system because it shows the necessity of some extrolegal „starting point“ and continual base for any legal system.

Keywords

EN

CIRCULARITY; LEGAL SYSTEM; SELF-APPLICATION; SELF-REGULATION; RECOGNITION; LAW

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 109 – 124

Contributors

author

Eduard Bárány

• Ústav štátu a práva SAV, Klemensova 19, 814 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic