Hegel and German Public Law (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350584174)

Nathaniel Boyd's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel's political thought was shaped by German public law. This tradition of legal discourse, especially through its imperial tradition, was crucial to European modernity, influencing foundational philosophical concepts such as sovereignty, the state and the diverse legal systems that emerged from them. Hegel and German Public Law examines the impact of Johann Jacob Moser, Johann Stephan Pütter and Johann Christian von Majer on Hegel's intellectual development. It reveals how the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire informed his early speculative system and constitutional theory. In doing so, Boyd extends our understanding of Hegel's relation to European legal and political thought while offering an original interpretive framework for Hegel's absolute idealism and unfolding institutional theory of the state.

Author: Nathaniel Boyd
ISBN-10: 1350584177
ISBN-13: 9781350584174
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2026
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d