Philosopher

Rudolf von Jhering

Overview

Caspar Rudolph von Jhering (German: [ˈjeːrɪŋ]; also Ihering; 22 August 1818 – 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. He is best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht (The Struggle for Law), as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were important to the subsequent development of the "jurisprudence of interests" in Germany.

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Philosophers who discussed Rudolf von Jhering

• Friedrich Carl von Savigny

Ideas Rudolf von Jhering discusses

• Heidelberg University
• German Empire
• Western philosophy
• German Confederation
• Jurisprudence
• Personality
• University of Göttingen
• Friedrich Carl von Savigny
• 19th-century philosophy
• Göttingen
• Kingdom of Prussia
• Roman law
• Jurist
• University of Vienna
• University of Giessen

Place in the tradition

Part of Jurisprudence.

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