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Title of a conference given by Kirchmann in the Berlin Legal Society in 1847 and later successfully published in 1848. The sentence there included (“three rectifying words by the legislator, and entire libraries would become completely useless”) established Kirchmann as a decisive reference and was made popular under the name of “Kirchmann’s curse”. His rejection of legal positivism and German Historical School placed him near social naturalists, who also criticized both the distance of Legal Science from actual legal issues and its strong dependence on inadequate positive law. Kirchamann’s thought is, therefore, characterized by the denial of the validity of Legal Science. Título de una conferencia dictada por Kirchmann en 1847 en una sociedad jurídica de Berlín y publicada con éxito en 1848. La frase “tres palabras rectificadoras del legislador y bibliotecas enteras se convierten en papel mojado” incluida en ella ha consagrado al autor y es conocida como la maldición de Kirchmann. Al rechazar tanto la escuela histórica como el positivismo, se sitúa en un naturalismo social que critica, al mismo tiempo, tanto la lejanía de la ciencia jurídica respecto a los problemas reales del derecho, como su dependencia de un derecho positivo inadecuado. Por ello, en el pensamiento del autor la ciencia jurídica se encuentra en una situación comprometida.

Jurisprudence. --- Science and law. --- Jurisprudencia. --- Ciencia y derecho. --- Law and science --- Science --- Law --- Law and legislation --- Philosophy --- Legal Science --- Positive law --- Natural law --- Ciencia jurídica --- Ley positiva --- Derecho natural