Zakaj je treba spoštovati pravo?

Résumé Sl En

Ta prispevek obravnava vprašanje zavezujoče moči pravnega reda. Avtor ob tem opozori, da več različnih teorij (naravnopravna doktrina, teološka doktrina in pozitivnopravna znanost) veljavnost normativnega reda upravičuje na isti način, in sicer s predpostavko temeljne norme. V zaključku avtor nato opiše še enotnost državnih pravnih redov in mednarodnega prava, katerih skupni razlog za veljavnost prepozna v temeljni normi, ki običajno ravnanje držav vzpostavlja kot pravodajno dejstvo. | To besedilo je prevod angleškega izvirnika Why should the law be obeyed?, ki je bil objavljen v avtorjevi knjigi What is justice? Justice, law, and politics in the mirror of science (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957).

Why should the law be obeyed? This article examines the question of the binding force of a legal order. The author first highlights a similarity between several theories (the doctrine of natural law, the theological doctrine, and the science of positive law) which justify the validity of a normative order by virtue of the hypothesis of the basic norm. Then, in the last part of the article, the author demonstrates the unity of the national legal orders and the international law by showing that their validity derives from the basic norm which institutes customary behaviour of states as a law-creating fact. | This text is translated into Slovenian from the English original Why should the law be obeyed?, published in Hans Kelsen, What is justice? Justice, law, and politics in the mirror of science (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957).