The Struggle for Law

The Struggle for Law  (1872)  by Rudolf von Jhering, translated by John Joseph Lalor

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Der Kampf um's Recht (1872); English translation (1879)

The Struggle for Law By Dr. Rudolph von Jhering Professor of Law it the University of Göttingen Translated from the Fifth German Edition By JOHN J. LALOR of the Chicago Bar Second Edition With an Introduction by Albert Kocourek Professor of Jurisprudence in Northwestern University CHICAGO CALLAGHAN AND COMPANY 1915

Copyright, 1879
By
Callaghan & Company

Copyright, 1915
By
Callaghan & Company

To George W. Smith of the Bar of Chicago this volume is respectfully inscribed

Contents

			Page
	Introduction	.      .     .	vii
	Translator's Note	.      .     .	xxxv
	Author's Preface	.      .     .	xliii
Chapter
I.	Origin of the Law	.      .     .	1
II.	The Life of the Law a Struggle	.      .     .	21
III.	The Struggle for his Rights a Duty of the Person whose Rights have been Violated, to Himself	.      .     .	31
IV.	The Assertion of One's Rights a Duty to Society	.      .     .	69
V.	Importance of the Struggle for Law to National Life	.      .     .	97
VI.	The Roman Law of To-day, and the Struggle for Law	.      .     .	109

This is a translation and has a separate copyright status from the original text. The license for the translation applies to this edition only.
Original:	This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
Translation:	This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.