Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 11. Jahrgang Heft 2/2021, pp. 358-368, 2021/12/16
Die Kompetenzverteilung zwischen Bund und Ländern in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Ein Beitrag zur Rechtsgeschichte des österreichischen Föderalismus. Zugleich ein Beitrag zum 100. Geburtstag
des Bundes‐Verfassungsgesetzes
The theory of federalism of the Vienna School of Legal Positivism has had manifold influences on the application of the distribution of competences between the federation and the Länder in Austria. We gain an important insight into the significance of the theory of the federation as an order of separation, combined with the rejection of the principle of homogeneity in favor of explicitly provided principles and obligations of the legal order of the states. This contribution describes the legacy of the Vienna School of Legal Positivism for the interpretation and application of the distribution of competences in Austria. It has not only provided essential impulses for the normative understanding of the federal state, but also neglected the aspects of federalism that, in its view, are not legally relevant.
Keywords: distribution of competences – federalism – federation – Vienna School of Legal Positivism
