Theory of Law understood as Prudential Theory of Law

• Autores: Puy Muñoz, Francisco, Otero Parga, Milagros
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2017
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/18976
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/18976
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Teoría del Derecho; Prudencia Jurídica; Tópica Jurídica; Retórica Jurídica; Dialéctica Jurídica; Argumentación Jurídica; Iusnaturalismo; Iuspositivismo; Theory of law; Juridic prudence; Juridic topic; Juridic rhetoric; Juridic dialectics; Juridic argumentation; Iusnaturalism; Positivism

During centuries, law has been studied and understood under a human view. This way of understanding law used the argumentation, the topic, the rhetoric and the dialectics as working methods. The result was a plural and continuously in movement humanistic law. The situation changes in 19 century with the beginning of the iuspositivism movements with a focus in the study of law as legal frame. The result is a rigid, non-flexible and poorly adapted to judicial experience law. We understand that this situation must change and is urgent to combine science and prudence in order to be able to provide a Theory of law, that can be understood as a Prudential Theory of Law. This according to our understanding will enable the recuperation of a more flexible, plural and humanistic and above anything a fairer judicial experience.