Eduard Gans

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Histoire Du Droit De Succession En France, Au Moyen-Age

M.H. Hoffheimer

This volume provides the first sustained treatment of the legal theory of Eduard Gans (1789--1839) and the first translation of Gans's Systems of Roman Civil Law in Outline (1827). Hegel's close personal friend and recognized leader of the Hegelian movement, Gans posthumously edited Hegel's Philosophy of Law and Philosophy of History. As Professor of Law in Berlin, Gans championed legal codification in opposition to Savigny and the Historical School of Jurisprudence. Hoffheimer argues that Gans's legal writings, especially his systematic exposition of Roman Law, combined a brilliant application of Romanist legal scholarship with a creative, original vision of Hegelian methodology. The teacher of Karl Marx and Felix Mendelssohn, Gans promoted a liberal interpretation of Hegel and influenced an important generation of German thinkers.

Eduard Gans and the Hegelian Philosophy of Law

Johann Braun

English summary: This book is a reconstruction of notes taken by six different people during a lectures on Natural Law and the History of Universal Law, given regularly by Eduard Gans, a jurist and pupil of Hegel's, from the winter semester of 1827/28 up to 1838/39 on Hegel'philosophy of law. To begin with, these lectures were held on Hegel's behalf, and they were continued later as part of a proven tradition. Gans has not only made Hegel's original texts easier to understand for legal experts, he has also enlarged upon them in a number of subjects which were of considerable importance in the history of Hegel's reception. This lecture, which is significant from the perspective of the history of law and history of philosophy, is made available here for the first time in this easily readable edition, filling a gap in our knowledge of the Vormarz era in Germany. German description: Dieses Buch ist eine aus sechs Kollegmitschriften erstellte Rekonstruktion der Vorlesung Naturrecht und Universalrechtsgeschichte, die der Jurist und Hegelschuler Eduard Gans vom Wintersemester 1827/28 bis 1838/39 uber die Rechtsphilosophie Hegels regelmassig gehalten hat, anfangs im Auftrag Hegels, spater in Fortfuhrung einer bewahrten Tradition. Da Hegel in dieser Zeit das Kolleg nicht mehr selbst gelesen hat, handelt es sich bei dieser Vorlesung um die Form, in der Hegels Rechtsphilosophie in Berlin uber Jahre hinweg allein vorgetragen wurde. Gans hat die von Hegel ubernommene Vorlage nicht nur 'juristisch griffiger' ausgestaltet, sondern auch in einer Reihe von Punkten weiterentwickelt, die in der Wirkungsgeschichte Hegels eine erhebliche Rolle gespielt haben. Die Edition macht die sowohl rechts- wie auch philosophiegeschichtlich bedeutsame Vorlesung erstmals in Gestalt eines flussig lesbaren Textes zuganglich und schliesst damit eine Lucke, die in unserer Kenntnis der vormarzlichen Epoche bisher vorhanden war.

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