In 1814,Thibaut and Savigny engaged in a public debate over the codification of a general civil code for Germany.The debate escalated gradually,with the continuous participation of the German intellectuals who were mainly legal scholars.Codificationists and anti-codificationists argued over the contents,forms and methods of the codification for the general civil code,which centred on whether Germany had the conditions for the general civil code at that time.This debate took place against the background of the unique legal situation which was formed by the ambiguity of the estates'constitution and the rigidity of the natural law code,as well as the rise of national sentiment and the intensification of the economic ties among the states fostered by the French invasion.Against such background,the issue of codification attracted the attention of the German intelligentsia.The main reason for the debate was the historicisation of the German legal thought during this period.The debate promoted exchanges and collisions among various fields of knowledge,which laid the theoretical and systematic foundations for the development of the German jurisprudence legal science,indicated methods and principles for the codification of the German Civil Code,and influenced the jurisprudence and codification of other countries.This debate reflects the particularity and complexity of the path to unification in modern Germany.
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