Johannes Althusius set forth the first state theory ("Staatslehre") in the Modern legal-political thought. His work "Politica" was the outcome of the syllabus of the Herborn Academy. With this speech the Modern Theory of Constitution (Verfassungstheorie) is in turn inaugurated.
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