The Weimarian Methodological Debate in the Doctrine of Constitutional Law

This chapter deals with the methodologic dispute in jurisprudence under the Weimar democracy in Germany. The author analyses the philosophical and epistemological environment of the material time and illustrates the topic in the light of the ambivalence of the Weimar Constitution. Finally, he draws parallels to the contemporary doctrine of constitutional law, which focuses on the realisation of fundamental and human rights.