Gustav Radbruch’s supposed turn against positivism: a matter of balancing

Authors

  • Alexandre Travessoni Gomes Trivisonno Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
  • Júlio Aguiar de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21056/aec.v18i73.1010

Keywords:

Radbruch, concept of law, positivism, non-positivism, balancing.

Abstract

This essay offers an investigation on the debated question of Radbruch’s supposed turn from positivism to non-positivism after World War II. It also intends to check whether this turn can be attributed to different balancing proposals among the main elements of Radbruch’s legal philosophy. To do that, three main questions must be answered: (i) whether Radbruch was a positivist before the war; (ii) what was his position after the war; and (iii) what was the relationship between the turn in his thought and the weight he gives to the two main dimensions (or principles) of his philosophy, namely “material correctness” (or “justice”) and “legal certainty”.

Author Biographies

  • Alexandre Travessoni Gomes Trivisonno, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
    Professor Adjunto III da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil), Professor Associado IV da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil) e Professor dos Cursos de Graduação e Pós-Graduação da Universidade Santa Úrsula (Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil). Doutor em Direito pela UFMG. Foi Professor Visitante na Universidade de Saarland (Alemanha-2013) e na Universidade de Vechta (Alemanha-2014). Foi pesquisador visitante no Instituto Max Planck de Direito Internacional Público e Direito Comparado de Heidelberg (Alemanha - 2006-2007). Email: a.travessoni@gmail.com
  • Júlio Aguiar de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
    Professor Associado III da graduação e da pós-graduação da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (Ouro Preto-MG, Brasil). Professor Adjunto IV da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil). Realizou estágiou pós-doutoral na Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Alemanha). Doutor em Direito pela UFMG. E-mail: j.aguiardeoliveira@gmail.com

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2018-11-20

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TRIVISONNO, Alexandre Travessoni Gomes; DE OLIVEIRA, Júlio Aguiar. Gustav Radbruch’s supposed turn against positivism: a matter of balancing. A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativo & Constitucional, Belo Horizonte, v. 18, n. 73, p. 57–73, 2018. DOI: 10.21056/aec.v18i73.1010. Disponível em: https://revistaaec.com/index.php/revistaaec/article/view/1010.. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.