Talk:Friedrich Carl von Savigny

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[edit] Bias.

This article is heavily biased towards Savigny, and the impact of his works in terms of discrediting the works of others is exaggerated. That said, it is not a bad starting point. Hullaballoo84 08:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] suggestion for improvement

His first widely recognized work "Das Recht des Besitzes" is mentioned early in the article and translated with "The law of property". But "Besitz" does not mean property, it means possession. As in Rome ("nihil habet commune proprietas et possessio"), possession and property are sharply distinguished in german law. I suggest somebody change that.