Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mathias Reimann: Introduction: Patterns of Reception

Michael H. Hoeflich: Roman and Civil Law in the Anglo-American World Before 1850: Lieber, Legaré and Walker, Roman Lawyers in the Old South

Alan Watson: Chancellor Kent’s Use of Foreign Law

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David S. Clark: The Civil Law Influence on David Dudley Field’s Code of Civil Procedure

I. The Ideology of Codification

II. The Form of Codification

III. The Substance of Codification

IV. Assessment of the Civil Law Influence

Stefan Riesenfeld: The Impact of German Legal Ideas and Institutions on Legal Thought and Institutions in the United States

I. The Channels of Transmission

II. Basic Notions and Methods of German origin finding acceptance in the United States

III. Methods of Resolving Conflicts: Jurisprudence of Interests

IV. Acceptance of German Legal Institutions

Conclusion

Richard M. Buxbaum: The Provenance of No-Par Stock: A Comparative History

Introduction

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Conclusion

Michele Graziadei: Changing Images of the Law in XIX Century English Legal Thought (The Continental Impulse)

I. Introduction

II. Civil Law Dresses for the Common Law

1. Trusts and the Roman Law

2. Consideration in Contracts

3. Bailments and Degrees of Negligence

4. Bailments and Possession

III. The Emperor Has No Clothes

IV. The Return of the Anglo-Saxons

V. The "Englishry of English Law"

Mathias Reimann: A Career in Itself. The German Professiorate as a Model for American Legal Academica

Introduction

I. The Elements of the Model: Three Dimensions

1. Professional Expertise: "The Learning of a German Professor"

2. Specialized Responsibility: "A Wholesome Influence Upon the Development of the Law"

3. Institutional Status: " They Have Always Been University Men"

II. The Attraction of the Model: Three Contexts

1. The Professionalization of Jobs

2. The Specialization of Functions

3. The Institutionalization of Science

III. The Fate of the Model: Three Developments

1. The Decline of the Image

2. The Effects on Legal Academia

3. The Impact on the Legal Culture

James Ε. Herget: The Influence of German Thought on American Jurisprudence, 1880-1918

Jhering

Jhering’ Influence on the Americans

The European Sociologists

Gumplowicz

Gumplowicz’ Influence on the Americans

Simmel

Simmel’s Influence on the Americans

Ratzenhofer

Ratzenhofer’s Influence on the Americans

From Sociology to Jurisprudence

The Free Law Thinkers

Influence of Free Law Thinking on the Americans

The "New" American Legal Theory

James Q. Whitman: Early German Corporatism in America: Limits of the "Social" in the Land of Economics

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