Abstract:In the first edition of his famous treatise Reine Rechtslehre, Einleitung in die Rechtswissenschaftliche Problematik (translated as Introduction to the Problems of Legal Theory), Hans Kelsen makes the claim that the existing liberal, property rights-based private law of his era is a ‘democratic form of law’ and that private law rights are ‘political in the same sense as those rights that are usually characterized as political rights.’ In this article, I aim to explain how Kelsen developed his theory of private… Show more
“…In fact, the term was coined by Hugo Sinzheimer and focused on the role of labour.147 Setting the many variants aside, it is in essence the attempt to design an economy where capital owners and employers should jointly lead the company. 148 The economic democracy calls for co-determination. In Germany the idea of economic democracy was revitalized in the 1960s and led to a rich academic debate and to the call for a co-determination law.…”
Section: Conclusion : Economic Democracy Rechtsverfassungsrecht and T...mentioning
“…In fact, the term was coined by Hugo Sinzheimer and focused on the role of labour.147 Setting the many variants aside, it is in essence the attempt to design an economy where capital owners and employers should jointly lead the company. 148 The economic democracy calls for co-determination. In Germany the idea of economic democracy was revitalized in the 1960s and led to a rich academic debate and to the call for a co-determination law.…”
Section: Conclusion : Economic Democracy Rechtsverfassungsrecht and T...mentioning
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