his character, the strength of his sense of justice, and his juristic method and logic: "to assert his rights is the duty that every responsible person owes to himself." In the _Zweck im Recht_ is perceived the bent of the author's intellect. But perhaps the happiest combination of all his distinctive characteristics is to be found in his _Jurisprudenz des täglichen Lebens_ (1870; Eng. trans., 1904). A great feature of his lectures was his so-called _Praktika_, problems in Roman law, and a collection of these with hints for solution was published as early as 1847 under the title _Civilrechtsfälle ohne Entscheidungen_. In Göttingen he continued to work until his death on the 17th of September 1892. A short time previously he had been the centre of a devoted crowd of friends and former pupils, assembled at Wilhelmshöhe near Cassel to celebrate the jubilee of his doctorate. Almost all countries were worthily represented, and this pilgrimage affords an excellent illustration of the extraordinary fascination and enduring influence that Jhering commanded. In appearance he was of middle stature, his face clean-shaven and of classical mould, lit up with vivacity and beaming with good nature. He was perhaps seen at his best when dispensing hospitality in his own house. With him died the best beloved and the most talented of Roman-law professors of modern times. It was said of him by Professor Adolf Merkel in a memorial address, _R. v. Jhering_ (1893), that he belonged to the happy class of persons to whom Goethe's lines are applicable: "Was ich in der Jugend gewünscht, das habe ich im Alter die Fülle," and this may justly be said of him, though he did not live to complete his _Geist des römischen Rechts_ and his _Rechtsgeschichte_. For this work the span of a single life would have been insufficient, but what he has left to the world is a monument of vigorous intellectual power and stamps Jhering as an original thinker and unrivalled exponent (in his peculiar interpretation) of the spirit of Roman law. Among others of his works, all of them characteristic of the author and sparkling with wit, may be mentioned the following: _Beiträge zur Lehre von Besitz_, first published in the _Jahrbücher für die Dogmatik des heutigen römischen und deutschen Privat-rechts_, and then separately; _Der Besitzwille_, and an article entitled "Besitz" in the _Handwörterbuch der Staatswissenschaften_ (1891), which aroused at the time much controversy, particularly on account of the opposition manifested to Savigny's conception of the subject. See also _Scherz und Ernst in der Jurisprudenz_ (1885); _Das Schuldmoment im römischen Privat-recht_ (1867); _Das Trinkgeld_ (1882); and among the papers he left behind him his _Vorgeschichte der Indoeuropäer_, a fragment, has been published by v. Ehrenberg (1894). See for an account of his life also M. de Jonge, _Rudolf v. Jhering_ (1888); and A. Merkel, _Rudolf von Jhering_ (1893). (P. A. A.)