Das allgemeine Gesetz „Recht als Wissenschaft“ und „Recht als Institution“
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Das allgemeine Gesetz „Recht als Wissenschaft“ und „Recht als Institution“
Der Staat, Vol. 64(2025), Iss. 3 : pp. 305–324 | First published online: September 18, 2025
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Vesting, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft Grüneburgplatz 1 60629 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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The general law "law as science" and "law as an institution"
Taking the doctrine of the generality of the law as an example, this contribution aims to show that nineteenth-century German public law produced a tension—unresolved to this day—between a concept of “law as science” and an understanding of “law as institution”. While “law as science” follows a holistic idea of the unity of law, with the state at its center, “law as institution” emphasizes the rationality of rule-formation arising from the life-forms of society. Remarkably, both conceptions find formal correspondences in different currents of modern natural philosophy.
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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| Von Thomas Vesting, Frankfurt am Main: Das allgemeine Gesetz „Recht als Wissenschaft“ und „Recht als Institution“ | 305 | ||
| I. Einleitung | 305 |