General Theory of Law And State Author:Hans Kelsen Kelsen, Hans. General Theory of Law and State. Translated by Anders Wedberg. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1945. xxxiii, 516pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-32334. ISBN 1-886363-74-9. Cloth. $85. Reprint of the first edition. Classic work by a noted Austrian jurist, Hans Kelsen [1881-1973] in which he advances hi... more »s theories of the pure nature of law and of the state as separate from a philosophy of justice. The appendix includes an analysis of the natural law doctrine in its opposition to legal positivism.« less