L. J. Du Plessis as Regsdenker
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
| Field | Value | |
| Title | L. J. Du Plessis as Regsdenker | |
| Creator | Du Plessis, Lourens M. | |
| Description | This article seeks to explain some of the outlines of the legal philosophy of L. J. du Plessis, without pretending that a meticulously coherent system of thought can be deduced from his deverse legal writings. Much rather the claim is made that his endeavours display a marked “environmental involvement", hence placing his contribution in the framework ofthe South African jurisprudential scene o f his time, andthe mainstream o f twentieth-century Reformational (or Neo-Cahinist) thought.Even though Du Plessis relies heavily on the Dooyeweerdian Philosophy o f the Comonomic Idea, he also shows himself to be a profoundly original thinker at the same time. The spearhead of this originality manifests itself in the way in which het intergrates a socto-eschatological view o f reality in his legal thought, to an extent unsurpassed by his like-minded contemporaries. The first part of the this article introduces Du Plessis as a jurist displaying a marked environmental sensitivity. It also attempts to contextualixe bis contributionin the field o f legal theory. The second part deals with the foundationallines i along which his legal thought had developed as well as the distinctivecharacteristics o f his contribution. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1981-02-04 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koers.v46i1.1082 | |
| Source | Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap; Vol 46, No 1 (1981); 31-69 2304-8557 0023-270X | |
| Language | eng | |
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