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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © 1990 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
- ISSN
- 0002-919X
- eISSN
- 2326-9197
- DOI
- 10.2307/840253
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Abstract
FRANZ WIEACKER TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY EDGAR BODENHEIMER TRANSLATOR'S PREFATORY NOTE In my opinion, not only human beings but also cre ations of the human mind have a right to receive just treat ment. My colleague and friend, Friedrich K. Juenger, was the first to suggest that just treatment of Franz Wieacker's essay Voraussetzungen europdischer Rechtskultur requires translation into a language spoken or understood in many parts of the world. I agree fully with him. I am also grate ful for his valuable recommendations concerning improve ments of my translation. Fran z Wieacker is Professor Emeritus of Roman Law, Civil Law, and Private Law History at the University of Gottingen, West Germany. He presented a preliminary ver sion of the paper here translated at the 11th World Con gress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, held at Helsinki in August 1983.* He delivered the final version at an annual meeting of his university, which took place on Ascension Day 1985 in a monastery church at Bursfelde near Gottingen. It was published in a series of pamphlets entitled "Bursfelder Universitatsreden." I have translated the lecture into English with the au thor's permission. I have also prepared a set of
Journal
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 1, 1990