<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The academic field of administrative law deals above all with the legal framework currently underlying today’s public administration. And yet its literature also touches on history, be it that of public administration or administrative law. This article takes a metahistorical approach, investigating the motives behind the field’s interest in history and the narrative traditions it follows. Finally, it seeks to answer the question of why scholars of law should play a part in writing administrative history.</p></abstract>

The academic field of administrative law deals above all with the legal framework currently underlying today’s public administration. And yet its literature also touches on history, be it that of public administration or administrative law. This article takes a metahistorical approach, investigating the motives behind the field’s interest in history and the narrative traditions it follows. Finally, it seeks to answer the question of why scholars of law should play a part in writing administrative history.

Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft und Geschichtsschreibung

Administory

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Narrative über Vergangenes – Versuch einer Typologie

The academic field of administrative law deals above all with the legal framework currently underlying today’s public administration. And yet its literature...

Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft und Geschichtsschreibung

Published Online: Aug 08, 2018

Page range: 54 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ADHI-2018-0004

© 2016 Benjamin Schindler, Published by Sciendo

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