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The distinction between public law and private law has been both ever present and unwieldy in civil law as well as in common law jurisdictions. Kelsen found the distinction “useless” for “a general systematization of law,” and Paul Verkuil has remarked that “[i]f the law is a jealous mistress, the public-private distinction is like a dysfunctional spouse. . . . It has been around forever, but it continues to fail as an organizing principle.”
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/mos053
Publication Date
1-7-2013
Volume
11
Publisher
International Journal of Constitutional Law
First Page
125
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Jurisprudence | Law | Law and Society | Public Law and Legal Theory
Recommended Citation
Michel,
Rethinking the Boundaries between Public Law and Private Law for the Twenty First Century: An Introduction,
11
International Journal of Constitutional Law
125
(2013).
https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/mos053
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Symposium: The Boundaries of Public Law