Darwinisme als verklaringsmodel in de rechtswetenschap

Derk Venema

doi:10.5553/lam.2025.6

Darwinisme als verklaringsmodel in de rechtswetenschap

Derk Venema

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Abstract

In legal science, Darwinian evolution has been tried out as an explanatory model for decades, but has not become mainstream. Its usefulness and its limits become clear in the studies discussed in this review article. It is shown that Darwinism offers conceptual tools for the explanation on a larger scale, such as witch trials and the development of pledges and mortgages, as well as on a smaller scale of the unit of selection in the spread of legal forms.

Original language	Dutch
Journal	Law and Method
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5553/lam.2025.6
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2026

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