
The nineteenth-century discussion on the need for and importance of codification and unification of civil law in Germany, as well as the law in the broad sense, assumed not only an ideological and theoretical dimension but also
a dogmatic and legal one because the presented concepts paved the way for the legal solutions adopted in the future. At the same time, the ongoing discourse has stood the test of time and influenced the views of many philosophers, legal theorists, and political and legal thinkers in the following years.