Law and politics
For everyone
Human communities have set rules for living together and debated the relationship between rulers and ruled. There are different traditions, from the laws of Hammurabi to Islamic law (fiqh), from Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Whether the source of justice is God, nature, reason or social agreement is a basic debate.
For specialists
Legal philosophy distinguishes natural-law theories (Aristotle, Aquinas, some classical Islamic jurists) from legal positivism (Austin, Kelsen, Hart). Political philosophy discusses legitimacy, sovereignty, liberty and justice. Comparative law studies systems such as civil law, common law, Islamic law and customary law.
Claims
- The validity of law depends on its social sources independently of its moral content (legal positivism); natural-law theories reject this.[1]
Connections
New research in this branch
Notable in peer-reviewed journals
- From the Euro-Mediterranean partnership to DG MENA: examining three decades of Euro-Mediterranean relations through the lenses of policy learning — Assem Dandashly, Christos Kourtelis · 2026-10-06 · International Politics
- Central role of civil society in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights — Jaime M. Gher, Dana Zhang, Nana Abuelsoud et al. · 2026-09-15 · BMJ
- Civil society resistance to anti-rights mobilisation — Terry McGovern, Amy Meng, Maeve O’Rourke et al. · 2026-09-15 · BMJ
- SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF QUASI-PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM IN KAZAKHSTAN: AN ANALYTICAL MODEL OF MULTIPLIER IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDUSTRY AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS — G.M. Abauova · 2026-09-19 · Bangladesh Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research
Turkish-language papers
- Avrupa Birliği Yapay Zekâ Tüzüğü'ne Göre Yasaklanmış Yapay Zekâ Uygulamaları — Berrin Akbulut, Murat AÇIL · 2026-04-23 · Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi
- SHARENTİNG VE DİJİTAL MAHREMİYET: ÇOCUK HAKLARININ GÜVENCE ALTINA ALINMASINDA ÇOCUK OMBUDSMANLIĞI KURUMU İÇİN YENİ SORUMLULUK ALANLARI — Alperen AVCI, Duygu Yalman Polatlar · 2025-11-27 · Ombudsman Akademik
- VELAYET ALTINDAKİ ÇOCUĞUN, MALLARINI KENDİSİNİN YÖNETMESİ (ÇOCUĞUN SERBEST MALLARI) — Gökçe Canarslan · 2025-11-27 · Ombudsman Akademik
- İsviçre ve Alman Hukuku ile Karşılaştırmalı Olarak Anne-Babanın Kendisine Bırakılmayan Çocuk Hakkında Bilgilendirilme ve Bilgi Alma Hakkı — Burcu YAĞCIOĞLU · 2026-08-14 · Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi
Preprints (may not be peer-reviewed yet)
- Social Contacts of Older People in 27 European Countries. The Role of Welfare Spending and Economic Inequality — Lea Ellwardt, Sascha, Patrick Präg et al. · 2026-10-31 · SocArXiv
- Religion, Science, Government, Economics, and Humanitarian Progress Scores in 100 Countries and 50 US States — Leon S Robertson · 2026-10-31 · SocArXiv
- A utility-based framework for evaluating the distributive effects of public transport projects on perceived accessibility — Matheus Fontenelle Siqueira, Carlos Felipe Grangeiro Loureiro · 2026-10-31 · SocArXiv
- Does AI transcribe every accent as General American? Variety normalization in phonetic transcription by multimodal models — Felipe de Paula Marques, Cândido Oliveira · 2026-10-31 · SocArXiv
Sources
- EncyclopediaLegal Positivism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyplato.stanford.eduarchive
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Athena contributors. (2026). Law and politics. Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/hukuk/
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