DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-T044-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
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Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/petrazycki-leon-1867-1931/v-1
Article Summary
Leon Petrażycki was a strikingly original philosopher of law whose theoretical system ranged over moral and legal philosophy, theory of science, psychology and sociology. The aim of his philosophy of law is ‘Legal Policy’, that is, social engineering through law directed at the ‘social ideal of love’.
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Peczenik, Aleksander. Petrażycki, Leon (1867–1931), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-T044-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/petrazycki-leon-1867-1931/v-1.
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Peczenik, Aleksander. Petrażycki, Leon (1867–1931), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-T044-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/petrazycki-leon-1867-1931/v-1.
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