THE MAIN TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL JURIDICAL THINKING

Authors

  • Marina L. Davydova Volgograd State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v60i3.43387

Keywords:

Professional juridical thinking. Normativism. Decisionism. Concrete-order thinking. Legal profession.

Abstract

In his book On The Three Types of Juristic Thought, published in 1934, Carl Schmitt introduces his concept of concrete-order thinking which contrasts with two classical juristic ways of thinking: decisionism and normativism considered to be the passed stages of overall development of legal history. In comparative law the legal style, which includes a special way of thinking, is one of the traditional criteria that distinguish one national legal system from another. According to this point of view, German normativism and American decisionism are determined by typical features of corresponding legal systems. Our idea is that each type of thinking is connected neither with legal system nor with historical period of science development but with the specialty of legal profession. Judges in all countries have much in common in their style of thinking. But in a particular country you can find a great difference between the way of thinking of a judge and for example a notary or some enforcers. In our paper we tried to find a connection between three types of juristic thought by Carl Schmitt (rule and statute thinking, decisionist thinking, and concrete-order thinking) and the general structure of juridical profession.

Author Biography

Marina L. Davydova, Volgograd State University

Doctor of Juridical Science, Head Professor of the Constitutional and Municipal Law Department of the State University of Volgograd – Russian Federation.

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Published

2015-11-26

How to Cite

Davydova, M. L. (2015). THE MAIN TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL JURIDICAL THINKING. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 60(3), 79–101. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v60i3.43387

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 3 (2015)

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Artigos

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