Katharina Isabel Schmidt
Biographic Data
| ID | 2549268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Isabel Schmidt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina Isabel |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmidt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMIDT K I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4306-8737 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The government is confused
How Hermann Kantorowicz Changed His Mind About America and Its Law, 1927–34
Hermann Kantorowicz crossed the Atlantic twice: to take up a visiting professorship at Columbia Law School in the summer of 1927, and to find refuge at New York's University in Exile in 1933/1934. Between his first and second stay, the German-Jewish émigré changed his mind about America and its law fundamentally. While he had—patronizingly—praised his US colleagues for “catch[ing] up... intellectually” in 1927, he accused them of “destroy[ing] th…
Henry Maine’s “Modern Law”
In this Article, I conduct a long overdue assessment of Henry Maine’s “from Status to Contract” thesis in light of two essentially modern phenomena: contract standardization and relational contracting. Drawing on comparative legal history, classical sociological and anthropological literature, contemporary contract law theory, and recent works in the field of (behavioral) law and economics, I discuss the claim that modern private law is witnessin…
Rethinking modern European intellectual history
In 1861, English jurist Henry Maine published his grand œuvre, a book called Ancient Law. In it, he set out to trace the development of what he called ‘progressive’ societies from pre-modern to mod
Henry Maine’s “Modern Law”
In this Article, I conduct a long overdue assessment of Henry Maine’s “from Status to Contract” thesis in light of two essentially modern phenomena: contract standardization and relational contracting. Drawing on comparative legal history, classical sociological and anthropological literature, contemporary contract law theory, and recent works in the field of (behavioral) law and economics, I discuss the claim that modern private law is witnessin…
The government is confused
Rethinking modern European intellectual history
In 1861, English jurist Henry Maine published his grand œuvre, a book called Ancient Law. In it, he set out to trace the development of what he called ‘progressive’ societies from pre-modern to mod
Henry Maine’s “Modern Law”
In this Article, I conduct a long overdue assessment of Henry Maine’s “from Status to Contract” thesis in light of two essentially modern phenomena: contract standardization and relational contracting. Drawing on comparative legal history, classical sociological and anthropological literature, contemporary contract law theory, and recent works in the field of (behavioral) law and economics, I discuss the claim that modern private law is witnessin…
How Hermann Kantorowicz Changed His Mind About America and Its Law, 1927–34
Hermann Kantorowicz crossed the Atlantic twice: to take up a visiting professorship at Columbia Law School in the summer of 1927, and to find refuge at New York's University in Exile in 1933/1934. Between his first and second stay, the German-Jewish émigré changed his mind about America and its law fundamentally. While he had—patronizingly—praised his US colleagues for “catch[ing] up... intellectually” in 1927, he accused them of “destroy[ing] th…
The government is confused
Law (3 works) · Legal history (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Comparative law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work)