Legal science is one of the main components in
civil law tradition (after
Roman law
Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (), to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I.
Roman law also den ...
,
canon law
Canon law (from , , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its membe ...
,
commercial law
Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of Legal person, persons and organizations ...
, and the legacy of the revolutionary period).
Legal science is primarily the creation of German legal scholars of the middle and late nineteenth century, and it evolved naturally out of the ideas of
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
Friedrich Carl von Savigny (21 February 1779 – 25 October 1861) was a German jurist and historian.
Early life and education
Savigny was born at Frankfurt am Main, of a family recorded in the history of Lorraine, deriving its name from the cast ...
. Savigny argued that German codification should not follow the rationalist and
secular natural law thinking that characterized the French codification but should be based on the principles of law that had historically been in force in Germany. It is referred to as "Rechtswissenschaften" (plural) or "Rechtswissenschaft" (singular) in German.
See also
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Legal theory
Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...
References
Books
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Black's Law Dictionary
''Black's Law Dictionary'' is the most frequently used legal dictionary in the United States. Henry Campbell Black (1860–1927) was the author of the first two editions of the dictionary.
History
The first edition was published in 1891 by Wes ...
, Abridged Seventh Edition, Bryan A. Garner
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Sabino Cassese, Recensione a J.H. Merryman, “The Italian Style, Doctrine, Law, Interpretation”, in “Stanford Law Review”, 1965–66, in “Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico”, 1966, n. 2, pp. 419–424.
External links
The "Science" of Legal Science: The Model of the Natural Sciences in Nineteenth-Century American Legal Education
Legal education
Philosophy of law
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