Legal Doctrine. Studies on a basic form of thought und working in jurisprudence.

这个研究项目的主题是教条式的法律思维和作为法律研究的一种基本形式的工作，这对法律学术的自我概念有重大影响，特别是在德语国家。法律教条主义试图将法律实践所形成的法律概念化和组织起来。此外，法律教条主义主张指导法律决策和解决实践中出现的法律问题。由于这些原因，教条式思维并不局限于仅仅描述现行的法律制度。相反，它塑造了我们对司法系统的理解，并声称能恰当地回答法律问题。在这方面，它受制于公正和正义的标准。法律教条主义试图通过塑造概念、建立区别、发展数字和原则或形成案例组来检查和确保对成文法的概念和理解。通过这些手段，它为法律实践提供了知识储备，提高了法律的可学习性。此外，它对法律实践的观念和决策提出了质疑。因此，它有助于法律的合理化。该项目追求四个目标：首先，识别教条主义法律思维和工作的特点，介绍法律教条主义者使用的工具和技术。其次，应当说明的是，“法律教条主义”一词所包含的自我概念彼此差别很大，因为教条主义的思想和工作远不如通常认为的那样统一。因此，不是只有一种方式，而是有几种不同的教条式思维和工作方式。第三，在前人研究成果的基础上，可以对教条式工作的合理性进行评价，并确定教条式命题的地位。这种澄清不仅可以更深刻地评估法学的科学地位，而且还为成功地与文化和社会科学以及人文科学进行跨学科合作奠定了必要的基础。第四，该项目应确定法律教条如何确保其在国际科学讨论中的重要性。该研究项目也将有助于德国法理学在国际化进程中的自我反思和自我肯定。

The subject matter of this research project is dogmatic legal thinking and working as a basic form of legal research, which has significant impact on the self-concept of legal scholarship particularly in German-speaking countries. Legal dogmatics attempts to conceptualize and organize the law formed by legal practice. Furthermore, legal dogmatics claims to instruct legal decision making and to resolve legal questions arising in practice. For these reasons, dogmatic thinking is not restricted to merely describing the present legal system. Rather, it shapes our understanding of the system and claims to answer legal questions appropriately. In this respect it is subject to standards of justice and rightness. Legal dogmatics tries to inspect as well as secure the conception and comprehension of the positive law by shaping concepts, establishing distinctions, developing figures and principles, or forming groups of cases. By these means it provides legal practice with a reservoir of knowledge and enhances the learnability of law. In addition, its reflections question the ideas and decisions of the legal practice. Thus, it contributes to the rationalization of law.The project pursues four goals: Firstly, the characteristics of dogmatic legal thinking and working shall be identified and the instruments and techniques used by legal dogmatists shall be introduced. Secondly, it shall be illustrated that the self-conceptions embraced by the term 'legal dogmatics' differ highly from each other, for dogmatic thinking and working is much less uniform than commonly assumed. Accordingly, there is not only one way, but there are several different ways of dogmatic thinking and working. Thirdly, on the basis of the previous findings it should be possible to assess the rationality of dogmatic working and to determine the status of dogmatic propositions. This clarification not only allows assessing more profoundly the scientific status of jurisprudence but also establishes a basis which is essential for successful interdisciplinary cooperation with cultural and social sciences as well as humanities. Fourthly, the project shall determine how legal dogmatics may secure its significance in the international scientific discussion. The research project is also supposed to contribute to the self-reflection and self-assurance of German jurisprudence in the process of internationalization.