State, society and liberty : studies in political theory and constitutional law

Historical Jurispudence and the problem of the historicity of law the emergence of the state as a process of secularization origin and development of the concept of the "Rechtsstaat" constitutional problems and constitutional movement in the 19th century the German type of constitutional monarchy in the 19th century Lorenz von Stein as theorist of the movement of state and society towards the welfare state the significance of the distinction between state and society in the democratic welfare state of today the basic rights - theory and interpretation the basic right of freedom of conscience safeguarding liberty in relation to social power - outline of a problem.