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Alexander Somek, at the height of his powers, has already enjoyed a long and distinguished career. He is, unlike most of us, altogether at home in both worlds – theAnglophoneworldwithitsmyopiaandtheContinentalEuropeanworldwithits vastperspectivesbut,alltoooften,withanalysisthatfallsshortofthemark.Alexander Somekbringsthebestofbothworldstogether,andhismanuscriptisawelcomeeffortto redressthebalanceinfavorof,asheputsit,apost-legalpositivisttheoryoflaw. StanleyL.Paulson,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis AmaturemasterpieceequalingHart’sConceptofLawor Dworkin’sLaw’s Empirein jurisprudentialambition,originality,andsophistication,TheLegalRelationisthemost importantcontinentalEuropeancontributiontojurisprudenceinthenewmillennium. MattiasKumm,IngeRennertProfessorofLawatthe NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLawandProfessorofGlobal PublicLawintheBerlinSocialScienceCenter With this bold and provocative book, Somek brilliantly reimagines legal positivism. Everylegalphilosophermustreadthisbook.Theargumentisimaginative,penetrating, andultimatelyconvincing. DennisPatterson,BoardofGovernorsProfessorofLaw, RutgersLawSchool,Camden,NewJersey the legal relation Whatislaw?Theusualansweristhatthelawisasystemofnorms.Butthisanswer givesusatbesthalfofthestory.Thelawisawayofrelatingtooneanother.Wedo notdothisasloversorfriendsandnotaspeoplewhoareinterestedinobtaining guidancefrommoralinsight.Inalegalcontext,wearecastas“charactermasks” (Marx),forexample,as“buyer”and“seller”or“landlord”and“tenant.”Weexpect tohaveourclaimsrespectedsimplybecausethelawhasgivenusrights.Wedonot wanttogiveanyotherreasonforourbehaviorthanthefactthatwehavealegal right.Backingrightsupwithcoercivethreatsindicatesthatwearewillingtoaccept legalobligationsunwillingly.Thisbookoffersaconceptualreconstructionofthe legalrelationonthebasisofacritiqueoflegalpositivism. AlexanderSomekisProfessorofLegalPhilosophyattheUniversityofViennaand GlobalAffiliatedProfessorofLawattheUniversityofIowa,wherehepreviously heldthepositionoftheCharlesE.FloeteChairinLaw.HehasbeenaFellowof theInstituteforAdvancedStudyinBerlin,aLAPAfellow,andvisitingprofessorat PrincetonUniversityandattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.Heistheauthorof elevenbooks. CAMBRIDGEINTRODUCTIONSTOPHILOSOPHYANDLAW SeriesEditors BrianH.Bix UniversityofMinnesota WilliamA.Edmundson GeorgiaStateUniversity This introductory series of books provides concise studies of the philosophical foundationsoflaw,ofperennialtopicsinthephilosophyoflaw,andofimportant and opposing schools of thought. The series is aimed principally at students in philosophy,law,andpoliticalscience. MatthewKramer,ObjectivityandtheRuleofLaw(2007) LarryAlexanderandEmilySherwin,DemystifyingLegalReasoning(2008) LarryAlexander,KimberlyKesslerFerzan,andStephenJ.Morse,Crime andCulpability(2009) RobinWest,NormativeJurisprudence(2011) WilliamA.Edmundson,AnIntroductiontoRights,2ndedition(2012) GregoryS.AlexanderandEduardoS.Pen˜alver,AnIntroduction toPropertyTheory(2012) BrianH.Bix,ContractLaw(2013) LiamMurphy,WhatMakesLaw(2014) PabloE.NavarroandJorgeL.Rodrı´guez,DeonticLogic andLegalSystems(2014) AlexanderSomek,TheLegalRelation:LegalTheoryafter LegalPositivism(2017) The Legal Relation legal theory after legal positivism ALEXANDER SOMEK UniversityofViennaandUniversityofIowa UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107198012 doi:10.1017/9781108182096 ©AlexanderSomek2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabySheridanBooks,Inc. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData names:Somek,Alexander,1961–author. title:Thelegalrelation:legaltheoryafterlegalpositivism/AlexanderSomek. description:Cambridge[UK];NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,2017.| Series:Cambridgeintroductionstophilosophyandlaw identifiers:LCCN2017020501|ISBN9781107198012(hardback) subjects:LCSH:Law–Philosophy.|Legalpositivism.|Law–Political aspects.|BISAC:LAW/Jurisprudence. classification:LCCK235.S6252017|DDC340/.1–dc23 lcrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017020501 isbn978-1-107-19801-2Hardback isbn978-1-316-64800-1Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents Preface pagexi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction:ThePursuitofTheory 1 KnowledgeandExistence 1 TheReversal 1 Objectivity 2 LegalPositivismandNaturalLawTheory 2 ThePost-PositivistSituation 4 Salome 5 SuspendingJudgment 5 TheQuestionofLegalTheory 6 SourcesandtheLegalRelation 7 Explicability 8 FromBelieftotheFactofBelief 10 AReasonablyUnreasonableWorld 11 IndividualRightsandGeneralSources 11 Veranderung 13 DecisionsandPolitics 13 LegalScholarship 14 OverviewoftheChaptersThatFollow 16 ConceptualAnalysis 19 Conclusion 20 1 LateLegalPositivism 22 Separability 22 DescriptionandConstruction 24 TheDistinctionBetweenLawApplicationandLawCreation 27 vii viii Contents NormativeBeliefsInformingApplication 28 FromInterpretationtoSources 31 DroppingOneandSalvagingtheOther 32 Conventionalism 35 TwoDifferentCriticalReflectiveAttitudes 39 BoyhoodandGoingwiththeCrowd 41 AdditionandQuaddition 42 Idealization 43 NegativityandSpirit 44 TheEmbraceofMorality 47 TheMoralAuthorityofLaw 49 Status-BasedAuthority 52 BeyondAbsurdity 54 Conclusion 56 2 LegalityandIrony 57 ReiningintheBadMan 57 DetachedStatements 59 Kelsen’sObjectiveRenderingoftheDetachedAttitude 62 TheGreatUndoing 64 TheRevenantoftheMoralMan 67 Playacting 69 SymbolicVictories 72 TamingtheInternalPerspective 74 Conclusion 76 3 LegalScienceandtheCommonLaw 79 Introduction 79 LegalScience 84 TheCommonLaw 100 Conclusion 106 4 TheLegalRelation 108 Puchta’sPuzzle 108 ThreeWaysOut 109 TheUnaskedQuestion 112 Hegel’sPuzzle 114 TheBasicandtheReflectiveLevel 118 TheTransmutationofReasonsintoChoices 119 TheEmergenceoftheLegalRelation 121 Contents ix Authority 123 TechnocracyorPolity 124 ARelationBearingtheFormofCoercion 127 SereneIrony 128 5 Equality,Freedom,andDignity 133 Introduction 133 WhatIsWrongwithDiscrimination? 135 HegelianPersons 137 HegelianPersonsinaHayekianSetting 138 MereIrrationality 138 ValuableOptionsfortheValuedSelf 139 ThePlayofChoices 140 FreetoBeWhoYouAre 141 AnsweringanObjection 142 TradingOffFreedomandEquality 143 AnotherObjection 144 AgilityandAdaptability 146 ImmutableCharacteristics 146 FromtheBurdenonIndividualitytoIndividualityasaBurden 147 Tragedy 149 MoralEstrangementandStoicism 150 Immutability,TakeTwo 151 Protodiscrimination 152 Conclusion 153 6 TheQuestforAgency 156 Introduction 156 AnOutdatedTopic? 157 TheDeadAmongtheLiving 159 EconomicPower 161 AnAsideonHale 162 HardEconomicPower 163 DemeaningthePerson 164 TheEyeoftheBeholder 165 Moneymaking 167 Self-AlienationandAlienationfromOthers 169 TheCommunityinAlienatedForm 170 Essentialism? 172 FromAlienationtoDespair 174

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Alexander Somek, at the height of his powers, has already enjoyed a long and distinguished career. He is, unlike most of us, altogether at home in both worlds – theAnglophoneworldwithitsmyopiaandtheContinentalEuropeanworldwithits vastperspectivesbut,alltoooften,withanalysisthatfallsshortofthemark.Alexander Somekbringsthebestofbothworldstogether,andhismanuscriptisawelcomeeffortto redressthebalanceinfavorof,asheputsit,apost-legalpositivisttheoryoflaw. StanleyL.Paulson,WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis AmaturemasterpieceequalingHart’sConceptofLawor Dworkin’sLaw’s Empirein jurisprudentialambition,originality,andsophistication,TheLegalRelationisthemost importantcontinentalEuropeancontributiontojurisprudenceinthenewmillennium. MattiasKumm,IngeRennertProfessorofLawatthe NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLawandProfessorofGlobal PublicLawintheBerlinSocialScienceCenter With this bold and provocative book, Somek brilliantly reimagines legal positivism. Everylegalphilosophermustreadthisbook.Theargumentisimaginative,penetrating, andultimatelyconvincing. DennisPatterson,BoardofGovernorsProfessorofLaw, RutgersLawSchool,Camden,NewJersey the legal relation Whatislaw?Theusualansweristhatthelawisasystemofnorms.Butthisanswer givesusatbesthalfofthestory.Thelawisawayofrelatingtooneanother.Wedo notdothisasloversorfriendsandnotaspeoplewhoareinterestedinobtaining guidancefrommoralinsight.Inalegalcontext,wearecastas“charactermasks” (Marx),forexample,as“buyer”and“seller”or“landlord”and“tenant.”Weexpect tohaveourclaimsrespectedsimplybecausethelawhasgivenusrights.Wedonot wanttogiveanyotherreasonforourbehaviorthanthefactthatwehavealegal right.Backingrightsupwithcoercivethreatsindicatesthatwearewillingtoaccept legalobligationsunwillingly.Thisbookoffersaconceptualreconstructionofthe legalrelationonthebasisofacritiqueoflegalpositivism. AlexanderSomekisProfessorofLegalPhilosophyattheUniversityofViennaand GlobalAffiliatedProfessorofLawattheUniversityofIowa,wherehepreviously heldthepositionoftheCharlesE.FloeteChairinLaw.HehasbeenaFellowof theInstituteforAdvancedStudyinBerlin,aLAPAfellow,andvisitingprofessorat PrincetonUniversityandattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.Heistheauthorof elevenbooks. CAMBRIDGEINTRODUCTIONSTOPHILOSOPHYANDLAW SeriesEditors BrianH.Bix UniversityofMinnesota WilliamA.Edmundson GeorgiaStateUniversity This introductory series of books provides concise studies of the philosophical foundationsoflaw,ofperennialtopicsinthephilosophyoflaw,andofimportant and opposing schools of thought. The series is aimed principally at students in philosophy,law,andpoliticalscience. MatthewKramer,ObjectivityandtheRuleofLaw(2007) LarryAlexanderandEmilySherwin,DemystifyingLegalReasoning(2008) LarryAlexander,KimberlyKesslerFerzan,andStephenJ.Morse,Crime andCulpability(2009) RobinWest,NormativeJurisprudence(2011) WilliamA.Edmundson,AnIntroductiontoRights,2ndedition(2012) GregoryS.AlexanderandEduardoS.Pen˜alver,AnIntroduction toPropertyTheory(2012) BrianH.Bix,ContractLaw(2013) LiamMurphy,WhatMakesLaw(2014) PabloE.NavarroandJorgeL.Rodrı´guez,DeonticLogic andLegalSystems(2014) AlexanderSomek,TheLegalRelation:LegalTheoryafter LegalPositivism(2017) The Legal Relation legal theory after legal positivism ALEXANDER SOMEK UniversityofViennaandUniversityofIowa UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107198012 doi:10.1017/9781108182096 ©AlexanderSomek2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabySheridanBooks,Inc. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData names:Somek,Alexander,1961–author. title:Thelegalrelation:legaltheoryafterlegalpositivism/AlexanderSomek. description:Cambridge[UK];NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,2017.| Series:Cambridgeintroductionstophilosophyandlaw identifiers:LCCN2017020501|ISBN9781107198012(hardback) subjects:LCSH:Law–Philosophy.|Legalpositivism.|Law–Political aspects.|BISAC:LAW/Jurisprudence. classification:LCCK235.S6252017|DDC340/.1–dc23 lcrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017020501 isbn978-1-107-19801-2Hardback isbn978-1-316-64800-1Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents Preface pagexi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction:ThePursuitofTheory 1 KnowledgeandExistence 1 TheReversal 1 Objectivity 2 LegalPositivismandNaturalLawTheory 2 ThePost-PositivistSituation 4 Salome 5 SuspendingJudgment 5 TheQuestionofLegalTheory 6 SourcesandtheLegalRelation 7 Explicability 8 FromBelieftotheFactofBelief 10 AReasonablyUnreasonableWorld 11 IndividualRightsandGeneralSources 11 Veranderung 13 DecisionsandPolitics 13 LegalScholarship 14 OverviewoftheChaptersThatFollow 16 ConceptualAnalysis 19 Conclusion 20 1 LateLegalPositivism 22 Separability 22 DescriptionandConstruction 24 TheDistinctionBetweenLawApplicationandLawCreation 27 vii viii Contents NormativeBeliefsInformingApplication 28 FromInterpretationtoSources 31 DroppingOneandSalvagingtheOther 32 Conventionalism 35 TwoDifferentCriticalReflectiveAttitudes 39 BoyhoodandGoingwiththeCrowd 41 AdditionandQuaddition 42 Idealization 43 NegativityandSpirit 44 TheEmbraceofMorality 47 TheMoralAuthorityofLaw 49 Status-BasedAuthority 52 BeyondAbsurdity 54 Conclusion 56 2 LegalityandIrony 57 ReiningintheBadMan 57 DetachedStatements 59 Kelsen’sObjectiveRenderingoftheDetachedAttitude 62 TheGreatUndoing 64 TheRevenantoftheMoralMan 67 Playacting 69 SymbolicVictories 72 TamingtheInternalPerspective 74 Conclusion 76 3 LegalScienceandtheCommonLaw 79 Introduction 79 LegalScience 84 TheCommonLaw 100 Conclusion 106 4 TheLegalRelation 108 Puchta’sPuzzle 108 ThreeWaysOut 109 TheUnaskedQuestion 112 Hegel’sPuzzle 114 TheBasicandtheReflectiveLevel 118 TheTransmutationofReasonsintoChoices 119 TheEmergenceoftheLegalRelation 121 Contents ix Authority 123 TechnocracyorPolity 124 ARelationBearingtheFormofCoercion 127 SereneIrony 128 5 Equality,Freedom,andDignity 133 Introduction 133 WhatIsWrongwithDiscrimination? 135 HegelianPersons 137 HegelianPersonsinaHayekianSetting 138 MereIrrationality 138 ValuableOptionsfortheValuedSelf 139 ThePlayofChoices 140 FreetoBeWhoYouAre 141 AnsweringanObjection 142 TradingOffFreedomandEquality 143 AnotherObjection 144 AgilityandAdaptability 146 ImmutableCharacteristics 146 FromtheBurdenonIndividualitytoIndividualityasaBurden 147 Tragedy 149 MoralEstrangementandStoicism 150 Immutability,TakeTwo 151 Protodiscrimination 152 Conclusion 153 6 TheQuestforAgency 156 Introduction 156 AnOutdatedTopic? 157 TheDeadAmongtheLiving 159 EconomicPower 161 AnAsideonHale 162 HardEconomicPower 163 DemeaningthePerson 164 TheEyeoftheBeholder 165 Moneymaking 167 Self-AlienationandAlienationfromOthers 169 TheCommunityinAlienatedForm 170 Essentialism? 172 FromAlienationtoDespair 174

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