Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition <<UUNN>> Studies in Moral Philosophy Series Editor Thom Brooks (Durham University) Editorial Board Chrisoula Andreou (University of Utah) Mark Bevir (University of California, Berkeley) Clare Chambers (University of Cambridge) Fabian Freyenhagen (University of Essex) Tim Mulgan (University of St Andrews) Ian Shapiro (Yale University) VOLUME 14 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/simp <UN> Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition Edited by Peter Langford Ian Bryan John McGarry leiden | boston <UN> Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition (Conference) (2013 : Edge Hill University). | Langford, Peter, editor. | Bryan, Ian. editor. | McGarry, John (Law teacher), editor. | Edge Hill University, host institution. | Austrian Cultural Forum (London, England), sponsoring body. Title: Hans Kelsen and the natural law tradition / edited by Peter Langford, Ian Bryan, John McGarry. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. | Series: Studies in moral philosophy, issn 2211-2014 ; volume 14 | Includes papers presented at “Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition : An International, Interdisciplinary Conference” hosted at Edge Hill University, UK in September 2013.--ecip Acknowledgements. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2018059320 (print) | lccn 2019005885 (ebook) | isbn 9789004390393 (ebook) | isbn 9789004390386 (hardback : alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973--Congresses. | Natural law--Congresses. | Legal positivism--Congresses. Classification: lcc k339 (ebook) | lcc k339 .h362 2019 (print) | ddc 340/.112--dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059320 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. 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(Heinrich Heine ‘Death’, ‘Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht’ 1823/24) ∵ <UN> Contents Acknowledgements  xi Notes on Contributors  xii Introduction: The Kelsenian Critique of Natural Law  1 Peter Langford and Ian Bryan Part 1 Aristotle, Dante and Kelsen 1 Kelsen’s Blind Spot for the Pluralism of Antiquity  59 Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer 2 To the Roots of the Universal Juridical Order: Hans Kelsen and the Staatslehre of Dante Alighieri  94 Maurizio Cau Part 2 Kelsen and Early Modern and Enlightenment Theories of Natural Law   3 Comments on the Kelsenian Idea of Natural Law in the Light of Althusius’ Theory of Law  121 Gaëlle Demelemestre 4 From Wolff to Kelsen: The Transformation of the Notion of Civitas Maxima  161 Peter Langford and Ian Bryan 5 Hans Kelsen and the Requirement of Self-determination: How the Austrian Jurist Takes Inspiration from Rousseau and How He Emancipates Himself from the Swiss Philosopher  188 Sandrine Baume <UN> viii Contents 6 Kelsen versus Kant on the Nature of Law  215 Joachim Renzikowski 7 Grounding the Normativity of Law: The Role of Transcendental Argumentation in Kelsen’s Critique of Natural Law Theory  253 Ana Dimiškovska Part 3 Kelsen, Neo-Kantianism and Schmitt   8 Hans Kelsen and SouthWest German Neo-Kantianism on Natural Law: Transcendental Philosophy beyond Metaphysics and Positivism  289 Christian Krijnen 9 Hans Kelsen’s and Ernst Cassirer’s Conception of Natural Law  327 Pellegrino Favuzzi 10 Nomos or Law? Hans Kelsen’s Criticism of Carl Schmitt’s Metaphysics of Law and Politics  372 Gerhard Donhauser 11 The Trouble with Nature  399 Mariano Croce Part 4 Kelsen’s Natural Law   12 Natural Law and the Vienna School: Hans Kelsen, Alfred Verdross, and Eric Voegelin  425 Franz Leander Fillafer and Johannes Feichtinger 13 Against Natural Law: The Political Implications of Kelsen’s Legal Positivism  462 Sara Lagi <UN> Contents ix 14 Hans Kelsen and Leo Strauss on Naturrecht and the Post-theological Wager  478 Peter Gostmann Conclusion: Beyond Legal Positivism and Natural Law?  500 Peter Langford and Ian Bryan Index  533 <UN>