Abstract
In this paper I argue that Kant’s political and juridical philosophy justifies a type of normative legal positivism that implies specific notions of law and legal freedom which determine and restrict the sphere of action of judges and jurists. Finally, I defend that, according to Kant’s practical philosophy, the normative connection between justice and law is not supposed to be carried out at the juridical level, as a meta-juridical theory, but at the political one, making it a meta-political theory.
This research has received financial support from: CNPq (Bolsa produtividade em pesquisa) and CAPES/Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (experience research fellowship, code 001). I am also grateful to Prof. Dr. Günter Zöller by hosting me at Ludwig Maximilian Universität München, where significant part of this research was developed. Some previous versions of this paper were presented and discussed at Prof. Zöller’s Seminar at LMU and at the 11th Principia International Simposium (2019, at UFSC); I am grateful for previous comments and questions raised by Günter Zöller, Cristina F. Consani, Alessandro Pinzani, Delamar Dutra, Giampiero Basile, Manja Kisner and Thomas Bustamante.
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All translations are quoted from The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant (1992 ff.) and the quotation rules followed are those established by the Akademie Ausgabe. Kant, Immanuel (1900 ff): Gesammelte Schriften. Hrsg.: Bd. 1 – 22 Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 23 Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, ab Bd. 24 Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Berlin.
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