Titolo Il dibattito tedesco sui fondamenti contrattualistici del federalismo. La paradossale fortuna di Max von Seydel Periodico Materiali per una storia della cultura giuridica Anno: 2019 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 165 - Pagina finale: 184
The article aims at revisiting some aspects of the work of Max von Seydel, a Bavarian constitutional law scholar who championed an interpretation of the Constitution of Bismarck's Reich not as "Bundesstaat" but, rather, as "Staatenbund". In so doing, it looks into a particular reading of German federalism, which has never been dominant but has coexisted with the one which highlights the unitary traits of the German "Bundesstaat". Also because of his intellectual debt to John C. Calhoun, Max von Seydel's legacy looks controversial and paradoxical at the same time.