Abstract
Validity is the qualifying label of the norms in law and the acts executedin the name of the law, according to and by the force of which the norms andacts in question are recognized as the norms and the acts, respectively, ofthe existing legal system. This concept of validity, defining membership withinthe system,1 is simultaneously completed by a concept of validity that selectsand identifies the system itself. Accordingly, validity is also the qualifyinglabel of the system itself, according to and by the force of which the systemin question is recognized by the law and order of the international communityas one of the national legal systems.
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Varga, C. Validity. Acta Juridica Hungarica 41, 155–166 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012465217143
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012465217143