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A Path Not Taken: Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory Of Law In The Land Of Legal Realists, D. A. Jeremy Telman Jan 2010

A Path Not Taken: Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory Of Law In The Land Of Legal Realists, D. A. Jeremy Telman

Law Faculty Publications

This Essay is a contribution to a volume on the influence of Hans Kelsen’s legal theory in over a dozen countries. The Essay offers four explanations for the failure of Kelsen’s pure theory of law to take hold in the United States. Part I covers the argument that Kelsen’s approach failed in the United States because it is inferior to H. L. A. Hart’s brand of legal positivism. Part II discusses the historical context in which Kelsen taught and published in the United States and explores both philosophical and sociological reasons why the legal academy in the United States rejected …


Is Tax Law Culturally Specific? Lessons From The History Of Income Tax Law In Mandatory Palestine, Assaf Likhovski Jan 2010

Is Tax Law Culturally Specific? Lessons From The History Of Income Tax Law In Mandatory Palestine, Assaf Likhovski

Assaf Likhovski

Tax law is a technical area of law which does not seem to be culturally specific. It is thus seen as easily transferable between different societies and cultures. However, tax law is also based on definitions and notions which are not universal (the private sphere, the family, the gift etc.). So, is tax law universal or particular? Is it indeed easily transferable between different societies? And in what ways does tax law reflect ethnic or cultural rather than economic differences? This Article seeks to answer these questions by analyzing one specific example — the history of income tax legislation in …


Antonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez Y La Independencia En Puebla (1810-1821), Alejandro G. Escobedo Rojas, Juan Pablo Salazar Andreu Jan 2010

Antonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez Y La Independencia En Puebla (1810-1821), Alejandro G. Escobedo Rojas, Juan Pablo Salazar Andreu

Alejandro G Escobedo Rojas

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Los Recursos De Casación Y Denegada Casación En Puebla, Alejandro G. Escobedo Rojas, Juan Pablo Salazar Andreu Jan 2010

Los Recursos De Casación Y Denegada Casación En Puebla, Alejandro G. Escobedo Rojas, Juan Pablo Salazar Andreu

Alejandro G Escobedo Rojas

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El Seminario Palafoxiano De La Puebla De Los Ángeles. Su Mundo Jurídico En Los Albores Del Siglo Xix, Alejandro G. Escobedo Rojas Jan 2010

El Seminario Palafoxiano De La Puebla De Los Ángeles. Su Mundo Jurídico En Los Albores Del Siglo Xix, Alejandro G. Escobedo Rojas

Alejandro G Escobedo Rojas

No abstract provided.