Section 222
Original German
222 Vor den Gerichten erhält das Recht die Bestimmung, ein erweisbares seyn zu müssen. Der Rechtsgang setzt die Partheyen in den Stand, ihre Beweismittel und Rechtsgründe geltend zu machen, und den Richter sich in die Kenntniß der Sache zu setzen. Diese Schritte sind selbst Rechte, ihr Gang muß somit gesetzlich bestimmt seyn und sie machen auch einen wesentlichen Theil der theoretischen Rechtswissenschaft aus.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from Hegel's German in the Berlin Nicolai first edition, dated 1821. Complete preface, introduction and sections 1–360, including the author's remarks and notes; no later Gans additions.
222 Before the courts, right acquires the determination that it must be provable. The course of legal procedure puts the parties in a position to assert their means of proof and their legal grounds, and the judge in a position to inform himself about the matter. These steps are themselves rights; their course must therefore be determined by law, and they also make up an essential part of the theoretical science of right.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation made directly from the German first-edition source, not from the Musean edition or an existing English translation. Complete preface, introduction and sections 1–360 with the author's remarks and notes.
222 Before the courts, right takes on the requirement that it must be provable. The legal procedure puts the parties in a position to make their means of proof and their legal grounds count, and puts the judge in a position to get to know the matter. These steps are themselves rights. Their course must therefore be fixed by law, and they also make up an essential part of the theory of jurisprudence.
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Section 222 is part of Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This page sets the German original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 224 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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