ciples of scientific research. In fact, the choices, decisions, and deliberations made in this respect will, due to the fact that two opposite aspects of scientific investigation are combined, entail that the demands of scientific rigor are increased. For the argumentation must satisfy two opposing sets of principles simultaneously, as well as uniting the results in one coherent context. The problem is thus to decide to what extent the investigation should rely on a particular method or approach, and which of them should precedence. Finally, one must justify why these decisions have been made. Any decision made in this respect will guide the general outline of the rest of the investigation.To begin, the key factors guiding the decisions and choices have taken into account fully the purpose of the investigation, and the subject matter itself. The general purpose of this investigation is twofold: 1) to uncover the leading principle’s, the scientific genesis, and scientific forces behind Professor Axel Hägerström’s analysis of law, especially his critique of legal science; and2) and place them in a historical perspective, namely in a jurisprudential context. In order to carry this investigation to completion the balance between philosophy and history must be reflected upon. Hägerström’s vantage point is invariably philosophical, which forces the investigation to take primarily into account the philosophical perspective, but as the chosen subject matter is Hägerström’s analysis of the historical category, law, especially legal science, the historical vantage point for the investigation reveals itself.What, from a historical perspective, becomes of interest are the subjects of legal science and jurisprudence up until Hägerström’s own time.Accordingly, the investigation will oscillate between philosophical and scientific parameters, on the one hand, and historical, positive facts, that is, theories and doctrines of legal science, on the other. p a r t 1 , i n t r o d u c t i o n 28 1. 1 purpose of inve st igat ion
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