Eugen Ehrlich
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Eugen Ehrlich was an Austrian legal scholar and sociologist of law known for pioneering the concept of "living law" and influencing the development of legal realism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eugen Ehrlich canonical | 5 |
| Eugen Ehrlich (legal scholar) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eugen Ehrlich Context triple: [Ehrlich, hasNotableBearer, Eugen Ehrlich]
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A.
Hans Kelsen
Hans Kelsen was an influential Austrian legal theorist best known for developing the Pure Theory of Law and shaping modern constitutional and international legal thought.
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B.
Toomas Asser
Toomas Asser is an Estonian neurosurgeon and academic who serves as the rector of the University of Tartu.
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C.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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D.
Leopold Zunz
Leopold Zunz was a pioneering 19th-century German Jewish scholar who founded the "Science of Judaism" (Wissenschaft des Judentums), laying critical intellectual foundations for modern Jewish studies and Reform Judaism.
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E.
Bernhard Rust
Bernhard Rust was a prominent Nazi politician who served as the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture in Germany from 1934 to 1945.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eugen Ehrlich Target entity description: Eugen Ehrlich was an Austrian legal scholar and sociologist of law known for pioneering the concept of "living law" and influencing the development of legal realism.
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A.
Hans Kelsen
Hans Kelsen was an influential Austrian legal theorist best known for developing the Pure Theory of Law and shaping modern constitutional and international legal thought.
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B.
Toomas Asser
Toomas Asser is an Estonian neurosurgeon and academic who serves as the rector of the University of Tartu.
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C.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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D.
Leopold Zunz
Leopold Zunz was a pioneering 19th-century German Jewish scholar who founded the "Science of Judaism" (Wissenschaft des Judentums), laying critical intellectual foundations for modern Jewish studies and Reform Judaism.
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E.
Bernhard Rust
Bernhard Rust was a prominent Nazi politician who served as the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture in Germany from 1934 to 1945.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jurist
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legal scholar ⓘ person ⓘ sociologist of law ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Central Europe
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United States legal thought ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1862-09-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Austrian Empire
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linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
Bukovina ⓘ Czernowitz ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| countryOfActivity |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Romania ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1922-05-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Austria
ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ |
| describedAs |
forerunner of legal realism
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pioneer of the concept of living law ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Czernowitz
ⓘ
University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer |
Czernowitz University
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Czernowitz
Franz Joseph University in Czernowitz ⓘ
linked to:
University of Czernowitz
|
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Ehrlich ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jurisprudence
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legal theory ⓘ sociology of law ⓘ |
| givenName | Eugen ⓘ |
| influenced |
American legal realism
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linked to:
legal realism
legal realism ⓘ sociology of law as an academic discipline ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Otto von Gierke
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Savigny school of historical jurisprudence ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement |
legal realism
ⓘ
sociological jurisprudence ⓘ |
| name | Eugen Ehrlich ⓘ |
| notableConcept | living law ⓘ |
| notableIdea | distinction between legal norms and social norms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Die juristische Logik
ⓘ
Grundlegung der Soziologie des Rechts ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of law ⓘ |
| positionHeld | rector of Czernowitz University ⓘ |
| studied | law ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in sociology of law ⓘ |
| theory |
law is rooted in social facts and social practices
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living law precedes and underlies state law ⓘ |
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linked to: Eugen Ehrlich