Month: March 2021

REFUTATION Kelsen’s theory is for the legal scientist not the Judge According to Kelsen, the Grundnorm (basic norm) which must be extra-legal is that norm that gives validity to all other norms. This basic norm must be selected by the legal scientist on the principle of efficacy, that is to say that, the legal order […]

This is a long overdue response to an article with the same title by the learned Professor S. K. Date-Bah. While the main object is to critique the arguments canvassed in that article as specious, it is hoped that the overwhelming relevance of jurisprudence to the bench would not be lost on the reader.  Professor […]