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Legal Data. An Essay About the Ontology of Law

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Theory of Legal Science

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The central part of European “legal science” (Rechtswissenschaft) consists of “legal dogmatics” (Rechtsdogmatik), interpreting and systematizing legal norms. Legal dogmatics is analytical-evaluative in principle. Its method is similar to judicial method, although legal scholars have no power to decide cases and think in a more general manner than judges.

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  1. Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden

    Aleksander Peczenik  & Lars Lindahl  & 

  2. Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

    Bert Van Roermund

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Peczenik, A. (1984). Legal Data. An Essay About the Ontology of Law. In: Peczenik, A., Lindahl, L., Roermund, B.V. (eds) Theory of Legal Science. Synthese Library, vol 176. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6481-5_9

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