Law

Christiane Wendehorst

Anspruch und Ausgleich

Theorie einer Vorteils- und Nachteilsausgleichung im Schuldrecht

[Corrective Justice and Claims under Private Law. By Christiane Wendehorst.]

1999. XXXVII, 659 pages.

Jus Privatum 37

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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.
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.
Authors/Editors

Christiane Wendehorst Geboren 1968; 1988–93 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in München; 1993–98 Wiss. Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Internationales Recht, Rechtsvergleichung an der Universität München; 1994 Promotion; 1997–98 Forschungsaufenthalt an der University of Cambridge/UK; 1998 Master of Law; 1998 Habilitation (München); Universitätsprofessorin für Zivilrecht an der Universität Wien, Österreich.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Archiv für die civilistische Praxis — Jg.201 (2001) H.1, S. 102ff. (Christian Huber)