Michael Stolleis und Sten Gagnér

Abstract

The study interprets the methodological premises of Michael Stolleis to be discussed in this issue as being strongly influenced by his Munich teacher Sten Gagnér. In the 1960s, Gagnér developed a methodological programme for legal history through his engagement with Scandinavian legal realism and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. This programme focused on the reconstruction of language games while considering their linguistic context. It came with a critique of the German legal historiography of his time, which Gagnér accused of engaging in metaphysics. Stolleis ingested this thinking in Gagnér’s Munich seminar and remained true to these basic convictions throughout his life.Sten Gagnér (1921-2000), language-games, context, metaphysics, LLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

Keywords

• Sten Gagnér (1921-2000)
• jeux de langage
• contexte
• métaphysique
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)