Die Entwicklung des Konzepts der Daseinsvorsorge im Werk von Ernst Forsthoff

In: Der Staat: Zeitschrift für Staatslehre und Verfassungsgeschichte, deutsches und europäisches öffentliches Recht, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 543-569

Abstract

This article describes Ernst Forsthoff (1902-1974) & his concept of public services [Daseinsvorsorge]. According to the author, Forsthoff's academic life was defined by the question of stability & social order. Forsthoff was born in the German Empire, which was followed by the Weimar Republic, which in turn gave way to National Socialism. Even though Forsthoff accepted the stable order created after 1945, he remained cool to its social & political conditions. According to the article, the continuities & breaks of this development are highlighted in Forsthoff's works. The article describes: 1) public services between pluralistic constitution & authoritarian vision in the 1920s; 2) public services in a totalitarian state in the 1930s; 3) public services in its optimal form in the 1940s; 4) public services & the constitution of the 1950s; 5) public services in an industrial society of 1960s, & 6) public services & revolt in the 1970s. References. A. Kallioinen