A Scholar Committed to the Study of the History of German Legal-political Thought and the Work of Hans Kelsen: An Approach to Sara Lagi’s Exciting Work

Abstract

Sara Lagi got her PhD in History of European Political Thought by University of Perugia in 2005. Currently, she is Associate Professor at University of Turin; however, she taught before at University of Florence (2007-2009), Middlebury College, Smith College and Fashion Institute of Technology (2005-2014). She has published, through her prolific career, a huge number of important books and papers such as: Pensare la democracia: Hans Kelsen e Hermann Heller a confronto; Kelsen e la Corte costituzionale austriaca: un percorso storico-politico (1918-1920); Hans Kelsen, un pensatore democrático tra Europa e America (1920-1955); Il Pensiero político di Hans Kelsen (1911-1920). Le origini di Essenza e valore della democracia; Georg Jellinek storico del pensiero politico (1883-1905); Adolf Fischer e Karl Renner: la questione nazionale austriaca (1869-1917); The formation of a liberal thinker: Georg Jellinek and his early writings; Hans Kelsen and the Austrian Constitutional Court (1918-1929); Karl Renner: Staat und Nation; Hans Kelsen: pensador político; Territorio y pueblo en Hans Kelsen.