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Die Gerichte sind überlastet, außergerichtliche Wege der Konfliktlösung haben Konjunktur. Doch sind diese Wege tatsächlich so neu und so modern, wie sie uns erscheinen? Das Verbundprojekt "Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Konfliktlösung" ist dieser Frage grundlegend nachgegangen. Die von 2012 bis 2015 vom Land als LOEWE-Schwerpunkt geförderte Initiative sollte strukturelles Wissen zur Konfliktlösung hervorbringen.
Every now and again, one is overcome by a sense of utter disbelief. How can it be that some conventional narratives are still so persistent and influential in this day and age? In fact, they are so pervasive that one feels compelled to put pen to paper in order to combat them. Among these narratives, we find the tale of cultural evolution, where law plays a fundamental role as an instrument for rationalizing archaic societies. Having rejected this kind of historiography in his last essay on the early history of law (ZRG RA 127, 1–13), the late Raymond Westbrook instead postulated new paradigms. Moving in the same direction, Philipp Ruch thwarts this story of civilizing progress in a twofold manner: In his eyes, honor and vengeance are not the anthropological factors that law has to contain in order to create civilization. According to Ruch, and the main thrust of his 2016 dissertation, it was in fact law in the context of honor and vengeance that produced emotionality. ...