Eugen Ehrlich

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jurist legal scholar person sociologist of law university professor

Eugen Ehrlich was an Austrian legal scholar and sociologist of law known for pioneering the concept of "living law" and influencing the development of legal realism.

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Label	Occurrences
Eugen Ehrlich canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jurist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ person ⓘ sociologist of law ⓘ university professor ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Central Europe ⓘ United States legal thought ⓘ
birthDate	1862-09-14 ⓘ
birthPlace	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire Bukovina ⓘ Czernowitz ⓘ
citizenship	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfActivity	Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Romania ⓘ
deathDate	1922-05-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	Austria ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
describedAs	forerunner of legal realism ⓘ pioneer of the concept of living law ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Czernowitz ⓘ University of Vienna ⓘ
employer	University of Czernowitz ⓘ surface form: Czernowitz University University of Czernowitz ⓘ surface form: Franz Joseph University in Czernowitz
ethnicGroup	Jewish ⓘ
familyName	Ehrlich ⓘ
fieldOfWork	jurisprudence ⓘ legal theory ⓘ sociology of law ⓘ
givenName	Eugen ⓘ
influenced	legal realism ⓘ surface form: American legal realism legal realism ⓘ sociology of law as an academic discipline ⓘ
influencedBy	Otto von Gierke ⓘ Savigny school of historical jurisprudence ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
movement	legal realism ⓘ sociological jurisprudence ⓘ
name	Eugen Ehrlich self-link ⓘ
notableConcept	living law ⓘ
notableIdea	distinction between legal norms and social norms ⓘ
notableWork	Die juristische Logik ⓘ Grundlegung der Soziologie des Rechts ⓘ
occupation	professor of law ⓘ
positionHeld	rector of Czernowitz University ⓘ
studied	law ⓘ
subjectOf	studies in sociology of law ⓘ
theory	law is rooted in social facts and social practices ⓘ living law precedes and underlies state law ⓘ

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Subject: Eugen Ehrlich
Description of subject: Eugen Ehrlich was an Austrian legal scholar and sociologist of law known for pioneering the concept of "living law" and influencing the development of legal realism.

Referenced by (2)

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Ehrlich → hasNotableBearer → Eugen Ehrlich ⓘ

Eugen Ehrlich → name → Eugen Ehrlich self-link ⓘ