# Jhering — The New State character guide

> Jhering in The New State by Mary Parker Follett.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-ix-the-new-individualism

## Who they are

German legal scholar, referenced for his work on legal purpose and social interests.

## In the story

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

Key theorist; his social theory of law and jurisprudence of realities is contrasted with earlier individualistic conceptions.

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