Since the publication of “Einführung in die Rechtsphilosophie und Rechtstheorie der Gegenwart” in 1977, this important academic work has been reprinted several times. In 2016, the latest 9th Edition appeared. With the support of China-EU School of Law, the translated version was published in July 2021. The book contains a total of 708 pages with approximately 600,000 words.

In the 9th edition, six chapters of the 6th edition (translated in 2002) have been completely replaced. Among the remaining nine chapters, three chapters have been overhauled by more than half. Taking this situation into account, the 6th edition is still published by the Law Press, and the 9th edition is published by the Commercial Press.

The 9th edition was published successfully thanks to Mr. Neumann's help in copyright and translation. The translation of Chapter 15 was completed by ZHENG Tong, a doctoral student from the law school of the University of Munich with the author of the Chapter 15. CHEN Luxia, a doctoral student of professor ZHENG Yongliu, initially translated the catalogue, the comparison table of German and Chinese abbreviations, and the comparison index of names and terms.

Professor Neumann, one of the chief editors, was at the China University of Political Science and Law on April 10, 2018.

Written by: GUO Yiming (2020 Double Master of CESL)