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Journal of law and social sciences of the Law Faculty of University J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek = Zeitschrift für Rechts-und Sozialwissenschaften der Fakultät für Rehtswissenschaften der Universität J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek = Journal des sciences juridiq, Vol. 31 No. 3-4, 2015.

Original scientific paper

PRACTICAL CONCEPTS OF LAW AS AN ARTIFACT KIND

Luka Burazin ; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb

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Abstract

It is often said that, in contrast to natural kinds, artifacts are mind-dependent, meaning that they somehow depend on either human beliefs or activities. In addition, some specifically claim that this mind-dependency of artifacts means that they are concept-dependent, i.e., that they are constituted by the concepts and intentions of humans (artifact authors or creators) and that the latter, in turn, determine what features are relevant for an artifact to be a member of a certain artifact kind. The paper therefore inquires into what these constitutive concepts are and what role they play. It also tries to explain the relationship between these concepts and the ‘theoretical’ ones. Since the paper’s main thesis is that law as such is an artifact or, more precisely, that legal systems are artifacts, it considers the said issue specifically in relation to the jurisprudential views on the ontological character of law.

Keywords

legal systems; artifact kinds; institutional artifacts; concept-dependency; practical concepts; theoretical concepts

Hrčak ID:

155885

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155885

Publication date:

30.12.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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