Rudolf von Jhering
Rudolf von Jhering | |
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| Born | Caspar Rudolph Ritter von Jhering 22 August 1818 |
| Died | 17 September 1892 (aged 74) |
| Spouse | Ida Christina Frölich |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Main interests | Philosophy of law |
Caspar Rudolph Ritter von Jhering (German: [ˈjeːrɪŋ]; also Ihering; 22 August 1818 – 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. He is best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht (The Struggle for Law), as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were important to the subsequent development of the "jurisprudence of interests" in Germany.