# Gierke — The New State character guide

> Gierke in The New State by Mary Parker Follett.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-the-crowd-fallacy

## Who they are

German legal historian, cited for his theory of group personality.

## In the story

### [From Contract to Community](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xv-from-contract-to-community)

His theory of association and 'real personality' of groups is presented as a strong attack on individualistic jurisprudence.

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