A Critical Analysis of Hart’s Philosophical Perspective on International Criminal Law
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Yılmaz,
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2024.
Academic Research and Evaluations in the Field of Social Sciences-III.
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This article examines the philosophical principles of international criminal law from a natural law perspective. In general, the natural law approach argues that law should be based on universal principles of justice, while positivist views reduce law to objective norms. By emphasizing the differences and conflicts between these two philosophical approaches, this article addresses the controversial aspects of international criminal law's conception of justice and the nature of legal norms based on the positivist ideas of H.L.A. Hart. However, while criticizing H.L.A. Hart's positivist conception of law, the contribution of the natural law perspective to the shaping of international criminal law is addressed. This article emphasizes the importance of evaluating international criminal law from a natural law perspective in addition to positivist law and provides a critical foundation for the continuity of law that should be continued in future research.
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Copyright (c) 2024 Emrah Sıtkı Yılmaz; Şahin Çaylı, Ebru Açık Turğuter, Ebrar Elveren, Selahattin Taylan, Salih Köseoğlu, Mehmet Yıldırım, Ayşe Yaşar Ümütlü, Turgay Toksoy, Özlem Balaban, Fazilet Nohut, Ahmet Küçük, Umut Turgut Yıldırım, Osman Ağır, Halil İbrahim Ada, Ezgi Tokdil, Erdoğan Keleş, Zeynep İskefiyeli, Fikrettin Yavuz, Berna İleri, Tuğba Konuk, Murat Nazlı, Bahar Moazami, Fatima Alwash, Mahmut Uçaktürk