Table of Contents

Preface........................................................................................................................... 11

1 Introduction............................................................................................................

1.1 A study on Paul Koschaker..................................................................... 15

1.2 A question of method.............................................................................. 19

1.3 State of the studies on Paul Koschaker.................................................... 25

1.4 Research questions and outline of the book............................................. 30

2 From Graz to Leipzig (1897-1936)........................................................................ 33

2.1 The first steps of the “founder of cuneiform law”................................... 33

2.2 The call to Leipzig.................................................................................... 41

2.3 Dogmatic approach and comparative method: Koschaker’s two souls? 50

2.4 On Koschaker’s methodological issues................................................... 61

2.5 Koschaker’s final years in Leipzig and the road to Berlin in 1936......... 64

3 Koschaker in Berlin (1936-1941)........................................................................... 73

3.1 A short premise......................................................................................... 73

3.2 Savigny’s Chair in Berlin......................................................................... 74

3.3 The new co-editor of the Savigny-Zeitschrift and member of the Akademie

für Deutsches Recht.................................................................................... 79

3.4 The unpleasant period in Berlin...............................................................

3.5 Life at the University in Berlin................................................................ 85

3.6 The affair of the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Legal history......... 96

3.7 Students and the teaching of Roman law............................................... 104

3.8 Leaving Berlin........................................................................................ 111

4 1941-1951: the years in Tübingen and after WWII............................................. 119

4.1 Introduction............................................................................................. 119

4.2 The call to Tübingen............................................................................... 120

4.3 Negotiations and his arrival in Tübingen............................................... 125

4.4 The time in Tübingen: research and teaching......................................... 132

4.5 Koschaker’s pupils in Tübingen: Below, Wesenberg and Pescatore...... 145

4.6 The last years in Tübingen and the Emeritierung.................................. 152

4.7 Koschaker as visiting professor in Germany and abroad....................... 164

5 Roman law at the time of the crisis: from Die Krise to Europa und das römische

Recht..................................................................................................................... 173

5.1 Introduction............................................................................................. 173

5.2 The crisis of Roman law......................................................................... 174

5.3 Koschaker’s criticism of the Historisierung of Roman law.................. 181

5.4 Koschaker’s proposal............................................................................. 187

5.5 The reactions to Die Krise des römischen Rechts und die

romanistische Rechtswissenschaft.......................................................................

5.6 Final remarks on Die Krise des römischen Rechts und die

romanistische Rechtswissenschaft........................................................................ 202

5.7 An up-to-date mos italicus...................................................................... 207

5.8 A reform proposal.................................................................................... 216

5.9 Koschaker and Point 19 of the NSDAP program..................................... 224

5.10 Koschaker’s masterpiece: Europa und das römische Recht.................. 230

5.11Juristenrecht and relative natural law........................................................... 238

6 Koschaker’s legacy................................................................................................ 247

6.1 The European message and its narrative................................................. 247

6.2 European narrative and methodology..................................................... 253

6.3 An unpublished textbook on Roman law................................................ 260

7 Conclusions........................................................................................................... 267

List of archival sources......................................................................................... 277

Bibliography.......................................................................................................... 285

Table of Names...................................................................................................... 323

Table of Places....................................................................................................... 329

Table of Pictures.................................................................................................... 331