Industrialisierung als Staatsaufgabe

Abstract

Industrialization in legal history has hitherto often been regarded as part of the history of private law and economic legal history. However, the role of the state in this process is still unclear: What concrete measures were taken by the state in order to promote industry and trade? What kind of normative and legal instruments did the state apply in order to encourage economic growth? The following article tries to find answers to these questions in the sources of general public law between 1815 and 1848. Taking the kingdom of Saxony as an example, it can be observed that the models developed in public law theory were also widely implemented in public practice before 1848.

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