Normative Force of the Factual

Nicoletta Bersier Ladavac, Thémis, Centre d'Etudes de Philosophie du droit, de Sociologie du droit et de Théorie du droit, Geneva.Christoph Bezemek is Professor of Law at University of Graz, Institute of Public Law and Political Science. His research focuses on comparative constitutional law, political and legal theory.Frederick Schauer is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and Frank Stanton Professor (Emeritus) of the First Amendment at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is the author of numerous publications on constitutional law, in particular on free speech, and on legal theory. He is a Co-Editor of Springer’s Law and Philosophy Library

• On Jellinek’s “Two Sides” of the State.- On Jellinek’s Concept of a Normative Force of the Factual.- A Positivist View on the Normative Force of the Factual.- The Normative Force of the Factual: A Doctrinal Perspective.- The Normative Force of the Factual: A View from International Law.- The Normative Force of the Factual in Analytical Perspective.- The Fact of Norms.- The Factual Force of the Normative.- “Is” and “Ought” and the Problem of Normativity in Hans Kelsen.- Facts and Law.- Reflections on Law and Practical Reasons.- On Normativity.- Deflating Normativity.- Law and Force.- ShillongTacit Knowledge and the Shibboleth of law: A Deconstructive Intersection between Fact and Norm.