Introduction
no different from that of a street-crossing policeman can never be productive of anything less unprogressive than a Chinese system of law. Even with its philosophic and psychological shallowness, the “Zweck” of Jhering is therefore to be preferred over the “Richtiges Recht” of Stammler.
Compared with an encyclopedic creator like Kohler, who many years ago engaged in a typically German exchange of ideas with Jhering in connection with the Shylock problem raised in this work,[1] but who has lived to supplant Jhering in the kingdom of fame and take unto himself the extraordinary distinction of the world’s juristic leadership, the latter’s works are not extensive beyond expectation either in bulk or item.
Briefly, Jhering’s works are the following: (1) “Abhandlungen aus dem römischen Recht” (1844); (2) “Civilrechtsfälle ohne Entscheidungen” (1847); (3) “Geist des römischen Rechts auf den verschiedenen
- ↑ Kohler, “Shakespeare vor dem Forum der Jurisprudenz,” (Würzburg, 1883), and “Nachwort” (1884).
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