It clearly rejected the extraterritoriality theory, see ilc yearbook, 1958, vol. Pashukanis was the most significant contemporary to develop a fresh, new marxist perspective in postrevolutionary russia. Volume i, harvard university press, cambridge, 1945. Philpapers logo by andrea andrews and meghan driscoll. General theory of law and state, by hans kelsen, translated by anders wedberg 20th century legal philosophy series. He studied at the universities of berlin, heidelberg and vienna. Summers points out how legal positivistic patterns are clearly traceable in the work of some of the american legal realists, although legal realism, and pragmatic instrumentalism in general, remain an alternative way to conceive the legal phenomenon.
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