The Problem of Truth in Prescriptive Statements
The Problem of Truth in Prescriptive Statements

Summary/Abstract: This article argues the need to address the law, that is, the legal prescriptions, with reference to alethic criteria. Even though they have an imperative meaning, legal norms and prescriptive sentences cannot elude the problem of truth. Legal norms generally emerge from certain knowledge and real experience, which are embedded in laws and in the way in which legal texts are written. The rationale undertaken by the author converges into demonstrating that the aim of carrying out justice and the functioning of the legal system in a society are unconditionally reliant on finding the truth. These aims are the result of coherent, true, necessary, and sufficient knowledge.

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