(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii, 2013) Nowak, Ewa
In his philosophical opus Marek J. Siemek not only revisited
Hegelian two-stage developmental model of the law. He also created
his own legal philosophy which is rooted in the tragic conflict
of Greek Sittlichkeit. Siemek, however, clearly demonstrates how
can an abstract legal system achieve its ethical (sittliche) qualities
at modern times, as being mediated by the structures of reciprocal
recognition. Siemek’s unique proposal belongs to the neo-positivist
and, at the same time, to the post-positivist approaches of the
law. The author focuses on the intellectual potential of Siemek’s
legal and social thinking as well as on his concept of philosophizing
in the era of permanent crisis we experience again today