RphZ Rechtsphilosophie

Is there such a thing as evil morality? Is it therefore morally reprehensible in itself? And what does such morality mean for society? In his book Moral als Bosheit (2021), Alexander Somek attempts to reconstruct the structure of moral malice. The...

Lon L. Fuller’s The Morality of Law articulates much more than a rejection of legal positivism’s “separation thesis”. The book gives expression to a sustained refusal of positivism’s mission to reduce theoretical comprehension of the...

Among Anglo-American legal philosophers of the 20th Century, Lon Fuller stands apart by his keen interest and firm belief in juridical forms and their relevance for a well-functioning and just legal system. The article contextualizes, analyzes, and...

This study was written in connection with the recently published first German edition of Lon Fuller's book Morality of Law. The author argues that although Fuller’s legal theory is strongly linked to the institutional structure of the common law...

The semantic complexity of human dignity as a legal principle, a moral claim, or a fragile self-relationship corresponds to a plurality of criticisms that have been directed against it. In my contribution, I analyze three forms of critique, namely a...

One of Fuller’s central criteria for the internal morality of law is the existence of rules. This topic marks an important interface between Fuller’s philosophy of law and a fundamental problem of administrative law: the parliamentary proviso....

The peculiarities of the German post-war renaissance of natural law thinking may be part of the explanation that Fuller’s work has not yet received adequate attention within our tradition of legal philosophy. This is regrettable, not least because...