Year: 2022
Author: Jansen, Corjo, Sillen, Joost
Der Staat, Vol. 61 (2022), Iss. 3 : pp. 485–510
Abstract
The Transformation of Dutch Constitutional Law Science at the End of the 19th Century
In this article we discuss the development of Dutch constitutional law scholarship in the second half of the 19th century on the basis of the work of ‘the pope of Dutch constitutional law’ in the second half of the 19th century, the Leiden professor J.T. Buys (1828-1893). His inspiration was ‘German’. Buys praised, for instance, the work of Rudolf von Gneist (1816-1895), which was strongly influenced by the Historical School. From the end of the 1870s onwards, Buys fell under the spell of the German professor of constitutional law Paul Laband (1838-1918), especially of his seminal work Das Staatsrecht des Deutschen Reiches (1876-1882) This work had a major influence on the three-volume commentary on the Dutch constitution that Buys published between 1883 and 1888: De Grondwet. Toelichting en kritiek (‘The Constitution. Commentary and Critique’). Like Laband, Buys said farewell to a constitutional law scholarship that was overly philosophical. Instead he emphasised the independence of constitutional law as a scientific discipline. De Grondwet became the compass on which Dutch constitutional lawyers and politicians were guided for a long time. Because of Laband’s influence, Buys’ work also met with sharp criticism in the Netherlands, particularly because of its characteristic strict separation of law and practice. This criticism signaled a new phase in Dutch constitutional law scholarship.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: German
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/staa.61.3.485
Der Staat, Vol. 61 (2022), Iss. 3 : pp. 485–510
Published online: 2022-07
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 26
Author Details
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corjo Jansen/Joost Sillen: Der Wandel der niederländischen Staatsrechtswissenschaft am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Über Johan Theodoor Buys (1828–1893) und seiner Deutschen Inspiration | 485 | ||
| Über Johan Theodoor Buys (1828–1893) und seiner Deutschen Inspiration | 485 | ||
| I. Einleitung | 485 | ||
| II. Buys und die Situation der niederländischen Staatsrechtswissenschaft in den vierziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts | 487 | ||
| III. Die deutschen Ideen im Werk des „jungen” Buys | 491 | ||
| IV. „Die Verfassung. Erläuterung und Kritik”. Buys unter dem Einfluss von Laband | 494 | ||
| 1. „Die Verfassung. Erläuterung und Kritik” (1883–1888) | 495 | ||
| 2. Die Rezeption von Labands juristischer Methode in den Niederlanden | 497 | ||
| 3. Der Einfluss von Laband auf Buys’ „De Grondwet” | 500 | ||
| 4. Kritik an Buys’ Arbeitsweise in „De Grondwet” | 506 | ||
| V. Schluss | 508 |