Inverting the Norm

Born 1981 in Oklahoma, USA; he obtained his Juris Doctor degree at the University of San Diego School of Law and his PhD at the Institute for Philosophy of the University of Leipzig; he currently researches at the University of Vienna and practices international commercial law.

• Introduction1. A Man At Rest2. Regarding 2.0613. Empiricism Or Positivism4. Radical Legal PositivismChapter I Logic Of Norms I1. A Normative State Of Affairs2. Is And Ought3. Laws, Scientific And Legal4. Beyond Prescriptions5. The Normative Relation6. Power In Reason7. Fact And Fiction8. Summary - The Law As Common GroundChapter II A Positive Conception Of The State1. Commands Of The Sovereign2. Leviathan, Not Rex3. Political Agency4. The Absolute State5. Volonté Générale And The Legal Concept Of The Political6. The Unity Of The StateChapter III Deus Sive Civitas1. Jurisprudence And Theology2. State As Hypostasis3. The Problem Of Many, Of No Gods4. "Absolute Positivism"5. Value Nihilism6. Kelsen's Golden Calf7. Spunk8. The Tyranny Of Necessity9. A First Convention10. The Social Construction Of The StateChapter IV Legal Norms As Plurale Tantum1. Validity And The Collective2. Modernity And The Law3. Objectivity And Its Propositional Content4. Subjectivity And Interpretation5. The Structure Of Law6. The Starting Position7. The Flux Of Sovereignty8. Plurale Tantum9. The Logical Sentence10. Absolute ValidityChapter V Facts And Matters Of Fact (Logic Of Norms)1. Naturalism And Realism2. "Hard Facts Make Bad Law"3. The Critique Of Pure, Not Practical, Reason4. Objectivity In The Law5. Knowing The Law6. The Mode Of ExpressionConclusion - Law As Constitution