THE PLACE OF THEORY OF LAW WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF JURISPRUDENCE

Abstract

The article has been written by a teacher of administrative law and administrative science at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. It focuses on the position of theory of law within the system of jurisprudence. Theory of law may be seen as the most general legal discipline dealing with what is beyond the scope of partial legal disciplines. A radical opponent could protest against the existence of legal theory, referring to a higher degree of effectiveness and rationality of jurisprudence, and argue that a number of tasks and technical problems could be solved by individual disciplines of law. The author, however, disagrees with such a view.