A Scheme of the Approach of Law as a Concept Based on Communal Relations

Authors

  • Nándor Birher Veszprém Archiepiscopal College of Theology; Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

Keywords:

semi-autonomous social field, 'we' consciousness, network, relation, law, community, individual

Abstract

This study presents a new approach to the concept of law. Law here is not looked upon as merely an announced and applied reality that was established through a proper procedure and derived from the legitimate power. The question arises: who legitimates the ‘legitimate power’? In this study I would like to present the scheme of a definite answer, which originates in the communal existence of the individual.

Author Biography

  • Nándor Birher, Veszprém Archiepiscopal College of Theology; Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

    Nándor Birher (Ph.D., Dr. habil.) is a college professor at Veszprém Archiepiscopal College of Theology. Vice dean for education and quality assurance at the Faculty of Law of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary in Budapest, associate professor at the Department of Legal Theory of the Faculty. He has been teaching philosophy and legal theory on higher education level since 1996. Member of the Budapest Bar Association. His areas of research are social networks, the norm generating potential of networks and the ethics of war and peace.

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Published

01-12-2012

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (2012)

Section

Theoretical Studies

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