The Relationship between Law and Morality: from the Kelsen's Separation to the Appropriate Connection

Authors

  • Paula Pinhal de Carlos Unilasalle e Uniritter

Keywords:

Law e Morality, Philosophy of Law, Law Theory

Abstract

The point of the relationship (or not) between law and morality has been studied for long time into Theory and Philosophy of Law. According to these fields, there are several questions: are law and morality strongly connected? Justice, as a moral value, has relations with law? The law enforcement and its utility require the morality of Law? In this article, we analyze such issues, demonstrating the necessary connection between law and morality. The starting point is Kelsen's theory, who denies the moral influence Law. Then, we study how the separation between law and morality is one of the pure requirements of Kelsen’s theory. We finally note the lack of separation between these two dimensions analyzing what Radbruch, Dworkin and Alexy explain concerning the connection between law and morality.

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Author Biography

Paula Pinhal de Carlos, Unilasalle e Uniritter

Professora permanente do Mestrado em Direito e Sociedade, professora colaboradora do Mestrado em Memória Social e Bens Culturais e professora da graduação em Direito do Centro Universitário La Salle Canoas. Professora da graduação em Direito do Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis. Graduada em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais e mestra em Direito (área de concentração Direito Público) pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Doutora em Ciências Humanas (área de concentração Estudos de Gênero) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, com período sanduíche realizado no Institut National d'Études Démographiques de Paris. Líder do grupo de pesquisa do CNPq Efetividade dos direitos e Poder Judiciário e vice-líder do grupo de pesquisa do CNPq Mariposas: gênero, sexualidades e feminismos.

Published

2015-09-28

How to Cite

PINHAL DE CARLOS, P. The Relationship between Law and Morality: from the Kelsen’s Separation to the Appropriate Connection. Prim@ Facie - Law, History and Politics, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 23, p. 01–19, 2015. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/primafacie/article/view/22620. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.