FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF HANS KELSEN

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https://doi.org/10.26512/pl.v6i12.11762

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Democracy. Freedom. Equality.

Abstract

The present essay aims to analyze the relationship between the philosophical principles of freedom and equality in the perspective of the construction of Hans Kelsen's democratic theory, having as its basic reference his essay Essence and Value of Democracy (in German Von Wesen und Wert der Demokratie), published in 1929 in the Italian magazine Nuovi studi di diritto, economia e politica. At first, it is intended to define the concepts of freedom and equality present in this work of Hans Kelsen. In the second part, it will be presented how these two concepts are justified as foundations of democracy and how they are jointly related to the doctrine of the author. In the last section of this paper, the problem of how these principles clarify the conception of Wesen and Wert in Hans Kelsen's democratic theory will be addressed. 

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Ricardo Moreira Lacerda, Universidade de Brasília

Estudante de Ciência Política - Instituto de Ciência Política - Universidade de Brasília - UnB.

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2018-01-10

How to Cite

Moreira Lacerda, R. (2018). FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF HANS KELSEN. PÓLEMOS – Revista De Estudantes De Filosofia Da Universidade De Brasília, 6(12), 34–47. https://doi.org/10.26512/pl.v6i12.11762

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