BOOK: Peter COLLIN & Leonard WOLCKENHAAR (eds.), Plurale Rechtsverständnisse ? Begriff und Grundlagen des Rechts in den juristischen Teildisziplinen im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert [Moderne Regulierungsregime; 6] (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 2025), VI + 456 p. € 89

 

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Abstract:

From the end of the 19th century onwards, German jurisprudence became increasingly differentiated, as evidenced by the establishment of new institutes and new chair titles, textbooks and journals. A number of legal sub-disciplines developed and became independent, while established disciplines also re-examined their self-image. At the same time, there was lively activity in the fundamental subjects. Not only did legal philosophy, legal theory and, later, legal sociology stated to diverge from one another, but an impressive plurality of opinions can generally be observed here. This raises the question of whether and in what way specific understandings of law also developed within disciplines, e.g. with regard to the nature of legal norms, their scope of application, norm-setters and norm structure. The authors of this volume shed light on fundamental debates in the respective sub-disciplines, thereby revealing the conditions under which a differentiated jurisprudence emerged.

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