Challenges for Legal Philosophy in the 21st Century

This paper shows a mismatch between a real and pressing demand for a philosophical analysis that allows us to explain the emergence of new phenomena in law, and the limited supply of theoretical tools to satisfy this demand by the traditional model of positivistic science of law. After an initial di...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ródenas, Ángeles
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/19314
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/19314
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:argumentative theory of law
postpositivism
legal positivism
philosophy of law
legal method
ethical skepticism
law and morals
teoría argumentativa del derecho
pospositivismo
positivismo jurídico
filosofía del derecho
método jurídico
escepticismo ético
derecho y moral
Descripción
Sumario:This paper shows a mismatch between a real and pressing demand for a philosophical analysis that allows us to explain the emergence of new phenomena in law, and the limited supply of theoretical tools to satisfy this demand by the traditional model of positivistic science of law. After an initial diagnosis of a mismatch between supply and demand, the resistance of legal positivism to accept practical rationality stands out as a core problem of the traditional model of positivistic science of law and the viability of this way of rationality is defended. The paper concludes with a proposal for the reinvention of the philosophy of law of the 21st century that incorporates new objectives and rethinks its method.