Jurists

Rudolf von Jhering

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@misc{lawatlas-rudolf-von-jhering,
  author = {Law Atlas},
  title = {Rudolf von Jhering},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-law.interactiveatlas.org/jurists/rudolf-von-jhering},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

Caspar Rudolph von Jhering was a German jurist best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht (The Struggle for Law), as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were important to the subsequent development of the jurisprudence of interests in Germany.

Facts

Born

1818 1

Died

1892 1

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1. Rudolf von Jhering (Wikipedia)

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