table of contents Thomas Gergen: Regionalsprachen in Frankreich: Zersplitterung der einheitlichen Republik? . .2 Sebastian Krafzik: Licet iuris – Gefecht um die Macht zwischen Kaiser und Papst . 6 Christoph Schmetterer: Rechtsvorschriften zur Hausnummerierung in Österreich von 1770 bis heute . 11. Tamara Ehs: The Other Austrians . 16. Tamás Nótári: Some Remarks on ius vitae ac necis and ius exponendi . 28. Magdolna Gedeon: Juristische Regelung der Einführung und der Organisation der Zirkusspiele im alten Rom bis zur Prinzipatszeit . .39 . Eszter Cs. Herger: Alimony in Hungarian Family Law in the 19th Century . 43. Gábor Schweitzer: Legal Education and Ethos of the Legal Profession in Hungary in the Civil Era . 51. Norbert Varga: The Codification of the Law of Conflict of Interest (incompatibilitas) in Hungary in the 19th Century . 55. Alberto Iglesias Garzón: Reformation of Law Administration in Jean Domat‘s Masterworks . 59. Magdolna Szűcs: “Creditor rem sibi oppignoratam a debitore emere non potest” (Brev . IP . 2, 12, 6) . .65 . Mirela Krešić: Entitlement of Female Descendants to Property of Croatian Communal Household . .73 . Przemysław Dąbrowski: Union of Brest and its Dissolution on the Territories of the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Belarusian and Lithuanian Lands . 86. Anna Klimaszewska: General Principles in the Commercial Code of France of 1807 . 91. Jakub H. Szlachetko: The Geopolitical Thought of Józef Piłsudski and his Political Camp Concerning Central Europe in Comparison to the Achievements of Other Political Centers . 95. Kamila Kędzierska: The Internal Organization and Supervision as Vital Issues in Post-War County Administration in Poland . 100. Michaela Uhlířová: Punishments Connected with Person of Offender in Selected Countries Editorial staff JOURNAL of Ancient World . 105. ON EUROPEAN HISTORY OF LAW: Magda Schusterová: Präambel im Fokus –Anmerkungen zum Vorspruch JUDr. PhDr. Stanislav Balík des Podiebradschen Friedensvertrages . 110. Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic Bohumil Poláček: A Brief History of River Navigation in Bohemia up to the 19th Century – Part 1 . 117. Prof. Dr. Mezey Barna Lucie Bendová Bednářová: The Crime of the „Forced Abortion“ before the Regional Court Eötvös-Loránd-University Budapest, Hungary in Olomouc in the Second Half of the Eighties and in the First Half of the Nineties Doc. JUDr. PhDr. Jiří Bílý, CSc. of the Nineteenth Century . 125. Metropolite – University Prague, Czech Republic Katarína Fedorová: Justices of the Peace in the Judicial Reform of Tsar Alexander II . 134. Alberto Iglesias Garzón, Ph.D. Charles III University of Madrid, Spain book reviews Prof. JUDr. Ignác Antonín Hrdina, DrSc. Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs . Thomas Olechowski, Christoph Schmetterer (Hrg .), Faculty of Law, Westbohemia University, Plzeň, Band 1/2011: Testamente aus der Habsburgermonarchie: Alltagskultur, Recht, Überlieferung . 139. Czech Republic reports from history of law JUDr. Vilém Knoll, Ph.D. Faculty of Law, Westbohemia University, Plzeň, Anti-Semitic Legislation in Slovakia and in Europe (Report from a Conference) . 141. Czech Republic 200 Years of ABGB – from the Codification to the Recodification of Czech Civil Law, Doc. dr. sc. Mirela Kresic 2nd – 3rd June 2011 . 142. Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia Konferenz „Die Entwicklung des Privatrechts auf dem Gebiet der Tschechischen Republik“ . 143. Conference of Doctoral Students from the Department of the History of the State Doc. Dr. Olga Lysenko Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State and Law at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Dated 30th June, 2011 . 144. University, Russia Viva Voce Examination Report . 145. ao. Univ. Prof. Dr.jur. Christian Neschwara Annex: The Development of Private Law throughout Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Austria the Czech Territory Dr. Dmitry Poldnikov Faculty of Law, National Research University, Ladislav Vojáček: Geleitwort . 148. Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia Petr Dostalík: The Term “Causa” in Roman Law and in the Later Legal Science . 150. Miroslav Frýdek: Influence of Roman Law on the Law of Obligations according Doc. JUDr. Karel Schelle, CSc. Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, to ABGB – the Comparison of Selected Contract Types . 156. Czech Republic Naďa Štachová: Law of Obligations in Light of the Bohemian Diplomatic Documents of the Thirteenth Century . 160. Dr. Gábor Schweitzer, Ph.D. Institute for Legal Studies Petra Jánošíková: Mining Business Pursuant to “Ius Regale Montanorum” in the 14th Century . 165. of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Stanislav Přibyl: ABGB und das kanonische Eherecht . 169. Adw. 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Neither this publication nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retreival system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of STS Science Centre Ltd . Published semiannually by STS Science Centre Ltd . „Journal on European History of Law“ is a registered trademark of STS Science Centre Ltd . Issued twice a year . Printed in the EU . ISSN 2042-6402 16 Journal on European History of Law The Other Austrians Tamara Ehs * Abstract Some observers of the recent economic crisis compare it to the Great Depression of the 1930s and discuss interwar ideas bearing on these questions such as those of “the Austrians”. There is a lively treatment of Ludwig Mises and his pupils but the other Austrian discourse of this time is neglected, that of the three full professors of political economy at the law faculty of the University of Vienna: Othmar Spann, Hans Mayer and Ferdinand Degenfeld-Schonburg – “the Other Austrians”. This paper calls them to mind and gives an insight into their stances on the economic crisis. Key words: Austrian School; Economic crisis; Ferdinand Degenfeld-Schonburg; First Republic of Austria; Hans Mayer; Interwar Vienna; Ludwig Mises; Othmar Spann; Political Economy; Law Faculty of the University of Vienna. I. Introduction Admittedly, researching these other Austrian economists is The recent economic crisis and financial instability have re- not easy because Spann broke with every tradition of Austrian sulted in a growing demand for alternative theories and policies . economics, gave up all pretence of being an objective scholar, Some observers compare the crisis to the Great Depression of and did not regard himself as a mere economist as his univer- the 1930s and therefore discuss interwar ideas bearing on these salist ideas went far beyond economics; moreover Mayer and questions such as those of “the Austrians”– be it as a remedy or Degenfeld-Schonburg did not publish any great and lasting con- as a warning, because controversy still rages as to whether the tributions, only essays and smaller scholarly pieces . On account weak performance of Austria at that time could be traced back of this problematic source material situation it is not surprising to the harmful impact of Ludwig Mises’ ideas or to non-obser- that Mayer, and even more so Degenfeld-Schonburg, are largely vance of his policy advice . There has already been a lively treat- ignored in the literature on Austrian history . Therefore, as far as ment of Mises, his predecessors and his pupils in the literature their international reception is concerned, the non-liberal, his- (Ebeling 2003, Hagemann et al . 2010) discussing their internal torical and universalist-romantic strands of Austrian economics controversies (Garrison 2004) and their struggles with the have fallen into oblivion . economic and political situation of Austria itself (Craver 1986, This current lack of knowledge is unsatisfactory because, al- Klausinger 2006a, Klausinger 2006b) . But the authors concen- though the Other Austrians were and are of no international trated and still concentrate on Austrian Economics with a capi- relevance, their opposition to ideas of high growth rates and tal “E”, that is, on members of the Austrian School (Boehm and an excessively individualistic economy, and their call for inter- Caldwell 1992) . Hence, the other Austrian economic discourse ventionism and economic ethics show some similarities to op- of this time is neglected: that of those scholars outside the Aus- position movements we encounter today . In many respects, the trian School but inside university, the three chair holders of current critiques of the economic and financial system, of the political economy at the University of Vienna: Othmar Spann, politics of neo-classical liberalism, even of “globalisation” and Hans Mayer and Ferdinand Degenfeld-Schonburg