CRITICAL REVIEW AND PRESENT OF TÓPICA Y JURISPRUDENCIA FOR LEGAL RESEARCH

Abstract

The present paper offers a critical review of the book Topics and Law, the most remarkable work of the philosopher Theodor VIEHWEB. In the first part, the outline of this monograph is dissected, a clear exposition of the topics as a legal technique, its evolution within the History of Legal Thought, through selected examples of the most important works of the great thinkers, and its application to the jurisprudence. In the second part, the most relevant methodological contributions are analyzed both in the field of legal research and in the field of current forensic practice