Anspruch und Ausgleich

Various theories of corrective justice, being either tautological or empty, have failed to reconcile the Aristotelian formula of annulling gains and losses with the modern law of obligations. Christiane Wendehorst suggests a solution by giving a specific definition of gain and loss and adding the private law claim to the Aristotelian formula as a given factor that does not itself rest on the idea of annullment. Applying what she calls Allocatoric Analysis to the German law of obligations, she discovers the 'Statikprinzip' as a modern reformulation of Aristotle and as a basic principle underlying private law.