Das Öffentliche Recht vor der Frage nach seiner Identität

Dieter Grimm describes the factors which led to the separation of public and private law and studies the changes which have occurred since then, in particular the changes in government functions and the erosion of statehood in the course of internationalization and globalization. In spite of this, the author still sees a criterion for identification in the connection to sovereignty which justifies retaining the category even although its boundaries have become blurred.