The correspondence between Eugen Huber and Max von Rümelin provides insights into the legal methodological discourse at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. It combines private exchanges between friends with the history of codification in Germany and Switzerland from a comparative perspective.

The correspondence between Eugen Huber and Max von Rümelin takes place during a time of dramatic upheaval in politics and society, as well as in law and its methods. The German codification of civil law emerges in the German Empire, while the Swiss codification develops in a democratic context. The friendship between the creator of the Swiss Civil Code and a leading representative of the so-called Tübingen School of Jurisprudence of Interests begins in 1890 during their time together in Halle and lasts for over three decades until Huber's death in 1923. In their correspondence, the legal issues of the time are discussed, as well as questions concerning the the structure of university teaching, the development of law, and the creative role of the courts. Beyond that, the reader gains a very personal insight into the views of the time, the private circumstances, and the shared travels that the families undertook together.

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Iole Fargnoli (Herausgegeben von)
ist Ordentliche Professorin für Römisches Recht an der Universität Bern und an der Università degli Studi di Milano (Italien); seit 2025 Direktorin des 'Istituto di italiano giuridico' an der Universität Bern.

Thomas Finkenauer (Herausgegeben von)
ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Bürgerliches Recht, Römisches Recht und Europäisches Privatrecht an der Universität Tübingen.

Martin Gebauer (Herausgegeben von)
ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Bürgerliches Recht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung an der Universität Tübingen und im Nebenamt Richter am Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart.

Jutta Schumacher (Mit / Unter Mitarbeit von)
holds a doctorate in linguistics with a focus on text editing.