Constitutive Normality of Rules

AutoreGuglielmo Siniscalchi
Pagine349-353
GUGLIELMO SINISCALCHI
CONSTITUTIVE NORMALITY OF RULES
„Norm“ in dem Eigenschaftswort „normal“ zum Ausdruck kommt, ist es jedoch nicht
ein Sollen, sondern ein Sein.
Hans Kelsen
Die Normalität ist eine normative Bestimmung der Norm selbst.
Carl Schmitt
S: 1. 1. Normality and normativity. – 2. From norms to normality: Hans
Kelsen. – 3. From normality to norms: Carl Schmitt.
1. Which is the theoretical relationship existing between normality and
normativity in legal systems?
My brief reflections are trying to find an answer to this question. The
main thesis of the following pages is that there is a bilateral relationship
between the concepts of normality and normativity: the first direction aims at
a normality produced by rules; the second one, on the contrary, tends to a
normality producing rules1.
I will explain my thought quoting some examples taken from the works
of two of the most important philosophers of law of the nineteenth century:
Hans Kelsen [1881-1973] and Carl Schmitt [1888-1985].
In Kelsen’s opinion, normality is simply the result of the rule’s legal for-
ce; for Schimtt the existence of a situation of normality is a fundamental
condition for the validity of rules and legal system.
2. The first example arises from the pages of one of the beginning passa-
ges of Hans Kelsen Allgemeine Theorie der Normen [1979].
1 For a complete analysis the bilateral relationship between the concepts of normality and nor-
mativity see: G. S, Norma normans, norma normata, in: Verità e normatività (A. F-
 ed.), Giuffrè, Milano, 2005, pp. 81-103; and: G. S, Normalità di norme, Cacucci,
Bari, 2007.

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