Eduard Gans and the Hegelian philosophy of law
By: Michael H. Hoffheimer.
Contributors: Gans, Eduard, 1797-1839.
Series: Archives internationales d'histoire des idées =; International archives of the history of ideas ;; 143; Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ;; 143.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Gans, Eduard, 1797-1839; Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831; Law -- Philosophy; Roman law -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
Description: This volume provides the first sustained treatment of the legal theory of Eduard Gans (1789-1839) and the first translation of Gans's System 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-128) and index.
Includes an English translation of Gans's System des römischen Civilrechts im Grundrisse.