Paul Koschaker und die Reform des romanistischen Rechtsstudiums in Deutschland: Ein unveröffentlichtes Dokument.

Paul Koschaker (1879–1951) spent a relevant part of his academic experience trying to defend and restore the study of Roman law in German universities. In particular, his constant aim consisted in pointing out the essential role Roman law has had in the development of a European legal culture over the centuries and the role that it could still keep on carrying out in Europe. This essay deals with a so far unpublished copy of a Koschaker’s document suggesting a reform proposal for the Roman law studies at the University in Germany in the forties. On the one hand, this document represents an example of Koschaker’s concrete ideas regarding the way to secure the role of Roman law teaching in German universities. On the other hand, from the text emerges Koschaker’s conflicting position with regard to the question of the part that Roman law could and should play in the “Neuordnung Europas” as planned by the Nazi regime.