Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-ix

Note on the translation

pp x-x

Life of Otto von Gierke

pp xi-xi

List of the major works of Otto von Gierke

pp xii-xiii

Editor's introduction

pp xiv-xxx

Glossary

pp xxxi-xxxiv

THE GERMAN LAW OF FELLOWSHIP. VOLUME I: THE LEGAL AND MORAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN FELLOWSHIP

Preface to volume 1

pp 1-1

Introduction: the meaning of association; scope and plan of the work

pp 2-8

I - The five periods of European history [1] Gierke's chapter numbers: see p. x below

pp 9-12

II - Up to ad 800; the feudal system, 800–1200 [2, 19]

pp 13-17

III - Free union: gilds and craft gilds [26, 27]

pp 18-31

IV - The medieval cities, 1200–1525 [28, 33, 34, 35]

pp 32-45

V - The golden age of the craft gilds [38]

pp 46-61

VI - Political unions, city leagues, the Hansa [44, 45]

pp 62-71

VII - The Empire as union [48]

pp 72-74

VIII - Rural communes and federations: Switzerland and North Germany [49, 50]

pp 75-83

IX - The estates, representation and the territorial state [51]

pp 84-95

X - The peasantry and rural fellowships [52, 53]

pp 96-104

XI - Corporations and the sovereign state 1525–1806; the modern association movement, 1806 onwards: introduction [54]

pp 105-123

XII - Rural communities 1525-1806 [55]

pp 124-133

XIII - Towns and cities from 1525 to the present [56, 57]

pp 134-147

XIV - Parliamentary representation and the development of the modern state [60, 61]

pp 148-163

XV - The Empire 1525–1806 [62]

pp 164-167

XVI - Fellowships under benevolent despotism, 1525-1806; modern free associations 1806 onwards [64,65]

pp 168-183

XVII - Free fellowships for economic purposes from 1525 to the present [66, 67, 68]

pp 184-195

XVIII - Economic fellowships based on property: the joint-stock company [Aktienverein] and domination by capital [69, 70]

pp 196-214

XIX - Economic fellowships based on personality: the producers' co-operative [Produktivgenossenschaft] [70 cont.]

pp 215-229