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

这一研究项目的主题是教条主义的法律思维，并将其作为法律研究的一种基本形式，这对法律学术的自我概念产生了重大影响，特别是在德语国家。法律教条学试图概念化和组织由法律实践形成的法律。此外，法律教条学主张指导法律决策和解决实践中出现的法律问题。出于这些原因，教条思维并不局限于仅仅描述目前的法律制度。相反，它塑造了我们对这一制度的理解，并声称能够适当地回答法律问题。在这方面，它受制于正义和正义的标准。法律教条学试图通过塑造概念、建立区别、发展数字和原则或形成案例组来考察和确保对实体法的概念和理解。通过这些手段，它为法律实践提供了知识宝库，并增强了法律的可学性。此外，它的反思对法律实践的理念和决定提出了质疑。该项目追求四个目标：第一，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，应该说明的是，法律教条学这一术语所包含的自我概念彼此之间有很大的不同，因为教条主义的思想和工作比通常认为的要不那么一致。相应地，教条主义的思维和工作方式不仅有一种，而且有几种不同的方式。第三，根据前面的调查结果，应该有可能评估教条主义工作的合理性，并确定教条主义命题的地位。这一澄清不仅可以更深刻地评估法学的科学地位，而且还为与文化和社会科学以及人文科学开展成功的跨学科合作奠定了基础。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。这一研究项目也将有助于德国法学在国际化进程中的反思和自信。

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.