On Leon Petrażycki’s contribution to theory and philosophy of law (in Polish)

Abstract

Legal theory was the main field of Leon Petrażycki’s investigations. However, his interests also included philosophy, methodology, psychology and sociology. His views in these fields were non-trivial, not only as far as the cognitive horizon of his time was concerned, but also with regard to the present epoche. Particularly significant is the idea of politics of law, i.e. the investigation and prediction of social effects of legal systems.

Keywords

• legal theory
• scientific theories
• emotions
• law
• morality
• legal politics