From Wikisource The Struggle for Law By Dr. Rudolph von Jhering Professor of Law at 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 beyond any other of his contemporaries he animated the dry bones of Roman law. In that period the German juristic world was still under the dominating influence of Savigny. The older school looked askance at the young professor, who attempted to build up a system of natural jurisprudence. This is the keynote of his famous work, Geist des römischen Rechts auf den verschiedenen Stufen seiner Entwicklung (1852–1865). Its originality and lucidity placed its author in the forefront of modern Roman jurists. It is no exaggeration to say that in the second half of the 19th century Jhering's reputation was as high as that of Savigny's in the first half. Their methods were almost diametrically opposed. Savigny and his school represented an historical approach. Jhering's conception of jurisprudence was as a.
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