Begriffsgeschichte und positives Recht: ein Jurist im Vergleich mit einem Historiker
History of Concepts and Positive Law: a Lawyer as Opposed to a Historian

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the connection between “Begriffsgeschichte” (History of Concepts) and positive law as regards the polarization „public/private“ and „public law/private law“. It shows how the distinction between public law and private law turns out to be clearer and more stressed than the corresponding distinction within the semantic field „public/private“. Nevertheless, the legal distinction does not lose the semantic trace. This thesis will be verified through the analysis of the Lexikon “Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe” in order to compare lawyers’ and historians’ perspectives.

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