Gottfried Achenwall, Ius naturae in usum auditorum

Summary

Gottfried Achenwall's (1719–1772) "Ius Naturae" was one of the most widely read natural law textbooks from the second half of the 18th century until well after Kant’s time. It represents the universal legal thinking during the era of Enlightenment in Germany, particularly in its coining by Christian Wolff. The terminology elaborated at the time was paradigmatically developed by Achenwall and is still commonly used today both in jurisprudence and in legal practice. The same applies to numerous figures of thought found in the as exemplary regarded Roman law, which Achenwall explains and systematizes. Hence, his textbook offers a comprehensive overview of the foundations of all branches of German law and jurisprudence that was established during his time.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year

2024

ISBN-Print

978-3-487-16706-0

ISBN-Online

978-3-487-42466-8

Publisher

Georg Olms Verlag, Baden-Baden

Series

Christian Wolff, Gesammelte Werke. III. Abt., Materialien und Dokumente

Volume

169

Language

German

Pages

772

Product type

Edited Book