▁ ▁IV . ▁The ▁St atic ▁As pect ▁of ▁Law ▁In ▁Chapter ▁Four , ▁K elsen ▁distingu ishes ▁the ▁static ▁theory ▁of ▁law ▁from ▁the ▁dynamic ▁theory ▁of ▁law . ▁The ▁static ▁theory ▁of ▁law ▁represents ▁the ▁law ▁as ▁a ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁laws ▁where ▁the ▁individual ▁laws ▁are ▁related ▁as ▁being ▁either ▁superior ▁or ▁inferior ▁the ▁one ▁to ▁the ▁other . ▁This ▁hier arch ical ▁theory ▁was ▁largely ▁adopted ▁from ▁Adolf ▁Mer kl ' s ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁struct ural ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁while ▁K elsen ▁was ▁still ▁in ▁Vienna . ▁At ▁nearly ▁one ▁hundred ▁pages ▁each , ▁K elsen ' s ▁chap ters ▁on ▁the ▁static ▁aspect ▁of ▁law ▁and ▁the ▁dynamic ▁aspect ▁of ▁law ▁are ▁the ▁most ▁extens ively ▁developed ▁sections ▁of ▁this ▁book . ▁ ▁V . ▁The ▁Dynamic ▁As pect ▁of ▁Law ▁In ▁Chapter ▁Five ▁of ▁P ure ▁Theory ▁of ▁Law , ▁sections ▁ 3 4 ▁and ▁ 3 5 , ▁K elsen ▁discuss es ▁the ▁dynamic ▁theory ▁of ▁law . ▁In ▁the ▁dynamic ▁theory ▁of ▁law , ▁the ▁static ▁theory ▁of ▁law ▁comes ▁into ▁direct ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁government al ▁administration ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁which ▁must ▁recognize ▁the ▁function ▁of ▁the ▁legisl ature ▁in ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁new ▁law . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁there ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁law ▁as ▁being ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁accum ulated ▁standing ▁law ▁which ▁represents ▁the ▁dec isions ▁of ▁the ▁courts ▁which ▁in ▁principle ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁hier arch ical ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁P ure ▁Theory ▁of ▁Law .