Il luogo delle norme. Un'indagine sulle dimensioni spaziali delle norme giuridiche

Legal philosophers have for long neglected investigation into the spatial dimen-sions of legal norms. The authors aim to help to fill this gap by focusing on the ques-tion of whether legal norms are spatial entities. To answer this question, they investi-gate the complex network of relationships that link legal norms to physical, three-dimensional and geographic space (i.e. the authors do not investigate space in the metaphorical sense). More precisely, starting from Hans Kelsen, the authors first draw a distinction between two different kinds of spatial spheres of legal norms: the spatial sphere of validity and the spatial sphere of reference. They then investigate the spatial dimensions of legal norms by inquiring into the place of norm-signs. In particular, they consider whether the place in which the sign or the signs of a particu-lar norm are located can affect the spatial spheres of the norm and its content.