Human rights and positivism: consideration of the problem from two emblematic authors, Kelsen y Bobbio
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Although positivism and human rights seem prima facie antimonial, a close reading of works of the two most emblematic figures of positivism, Hans Kelsen and Norberto Bobbio, reveals more complex relations. If both authors present common criticisms of the iusnaturalist foundations of human rights, they show different attentions to these rights in their theoretical constructions. For Kelsen, human rights appear as indifferent elements in his general theory of law, and as minimal but insuperable requirements of his theory of democracy. For Bobbio, human rights are essential elements of his political theory and he devotes lengthy developments to them.
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