Do legal principles and court decisions represent a source of the law? Cover Image

Jsou právní principy a soudcovská rozhodnutí pramenem práva?
Do legal principles and court decisions represent a source of the law?

Author(s): Zdeněk Kühn
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: legal principles;court decisions;source of the law;conti­nental legal culture;

Summary/Abstract: There are a lot of establíshed notions in the conti­nental legal culture. One of them is the conception of sources of law. Nevertheless, author agrees with Kel­sen who said about sources of law that it is the term with very uncertain meaning. It means that the use of this concept without clear definition is useless and even harmful.

  • Issue Year: 9/2001
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 236-245
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech