DiKE Recht zwischen Dogmatik und Theorie. Marc Amstutz zum 50. Geburtstag

Marc Amstutz celebrated his 50th birthday on January 10, 2012. On this occasion, the editors and authors honor the scholar Amstutz with this publication. His world is not an old refrain, but Musique Plurielle: a multiplex network between conflicting gods, between the nation-state and globalization, between society and law, between legal dogmatics and legal theory. Amstutz's world exists between worlds, a unity that derives its boundaries from the in-between of worlds without distinguishing itself from those worlds. Between worlds is simultaneously in the worlds - a paradox that lies at the heart of Marc Amstutz's work, driving him relentlessly and allowing him to develop a theory beyond the conventional. Amstutz is a researcher and teacher, both a thinker and a feeler, a Brazilian-Swiss: a simply complicated ascetic bon vivant. Perfect métissage. In this sense, understanding law according to Marc Amstutz means recognizing that between dogmatics and theory signifies both dogmatics and theory. The unorthodox theorist Amstutz also loves classical jurisprudence and is far from practicing dogmatics without reference to real law. Whether it is antitrust law, merger law, tenancy law, labor law, or mere deposit contracts: Teacher Amstutz has inspired and continues to inspire numerous students; the practical, the actual, has always sparked great interest in him, which is reflected in his extensive body of work.