Revisiting the Debate between Joseph Raz, Robert Alexy, and Eugenio Bulygin

Brian H. Bix

doi:10.1111/raju.70010

Revisiting the Debate between Joseph Raz, Robert Alexy, and Eugenio Bulygin

Brian H. Bix

Philosophy (Twin Cities)

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Ratio Juris is making available the English translation of a debate between Joseph Raz, Robert Alexy, and Eugenio Bulygin that had been previously published by Marcial Pons in Spanish in 2007. The debates focus on Raz's distinctive view of conceptual analysis and his argument that it is central to theories about the nature of law. The exchanges with Alexy and Bulygin focus on how open and “parochial” our concepts, including our concept of law, really are, and the connections between legal theory and legal practice.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Ratio Juris
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.70010
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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© 2026 The Author(s). Ratio Juris published by University of Bologna and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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