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Paul Laband

Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence

Paul Laband was a German jurist, born in 1838 and dying in 1918, regarded as the leading authority on public law following German unification in 1871. Building on the work of Carl Friedrich Gerber, he applied the methods of Pandectist legal science to constitutional law, developing a rigorous legal formalism. His major work, Das Staatsrecht des Deutschen Reiches, reprinted five times between 1876 and 1914, became the most influential account of German constitutional law of the Wilhelmine era and established him as the founder of a school of public-law scholarship that dominated German legal academia into the Weimar period.

Facts
Role
Jurist and lawyer 2
Nationality / Jurisdiction
German 1
Born
1838 2
Birth Date
1838-05-24 2
Birthplace
Wrocław 2
Died
1918 2
Death Date
1918-03-23 2
Place of Death
Strasbourg 2
Classification
Field of Law
Constitutional Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 2
Role (category)
Lawyer 2
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  • Introduction, gender
    Building on the work of Carl Friedrich Gerber, who first proposed applying Pandectist methods to public law, Laband refined and expanded upon the formalist orientation that was characteristic of the legal culture of his time.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Paul Laband was a German jurist, born in 1838 and dying in 1918, regarded as the leading authority on public law following German unification in 1871.
  • Introduction, field of law
    His book Das Staatsrecht des Deutschen Reiches was reprinted five times between 1876 and 1914 and is considered the most influential exposition of German constitutional law of the Wilhelmine era, as well as a paradigmatic statement of late 19th-century legal positivism.
  • In Legal System: German Legal System, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was a German jurist widely regarded as the leading a
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2. Wikidata: Paul Laband
  • Wikidata Q68818, occupation/position claims
    occupation/position claim resolves to: Jurist and Lawyer
  • Wikidata Q68818, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1838
  • Wikidata Q68818, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
    P569 (date of birth): 1838-05-24
  • Wikidata Q68818, P570 date of death claim (year)
    P570 (date of death): 1918
  • Wikidata Q68818, P570 date of death claim (full date)
    P570 (date of death): 1918-03-23
  • Wikidata Q68818, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Wrocław
  • Wikidata Q68818, P20 place of death claim
    P20 (place of death): Strasbourg
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