Waiting for German Hegemon. Otto von Gierke and the “Imposed War” Concept

Authors

  • Mariusz Kopczyński
  • Tomasz Tulejski Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Katedra Doktryn Polityczno- Prawnych

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26485/SPE/2018/107/4

Keywords:

Otto von Gierke; just war; World War I; imposed war

Abstract

The questions about the causes of the Great War and the responsibility for its outbreak have been the subject of discussion and controversies for one hundred years. In the article, the Authors analyse the concept of the renowned German professor of law Otto von Gierke, who is his three wartime writings presented the original concept of the imposed war. In his opinion, the stance of the Entente states forced Germany to take aggressive actions, which for him were fully justified. As the authors demonstrate, von Gierke claims that such a war must be treated as a just war, in that sense that it is a war between Germany, which represents civilisation, and the anti-civilised allies. Due to this, only a German victory might guarantee a just order to Europe and the whole world. This German peace should influence the fate of the whole continent for a long time. It should also correspond with the worldwide German aspiration as well as with the interest of mankind in abstracto.

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Published

— Updated on 2018-12-09

How to Cite

Kopczyński, M., & Tulejski, T. (2018). Waiting for German Hegemon. Otto von Gierke and the “Imposed War” Concept. Studia Prawno-Ekonomiczne, 107, 63–82. https://doi.org/10.26485/SPE/2018/107/4

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ARTICLES - THE LAW