!!!Juridisch-Politischer Leseverein

Juridisch-Politischer Leseverein (Juridical-Political Reading 
Association), founded in 1841, was considered a forum for the 
moderately liberal views of educated, upper-middle class citizens who 
were loyal to the state. Its members were mainly civil servants, 
members of the legal professions, and professors - virtually the 
entire educated "second society" of Vienna, as it was called. An 
important discussion forum during the preparatory phase of the 
revolution of 1848, the Juridisch-Politischer Leseverein was 
associated with the "Buergerpetition" (citizens´ petition) of 
March 11, 1848. Later the association divided up and became one of a 
number of legal practitioners´ societies.

!Literature
W. Brauneder, Leseverein und Rechtskultur. Der 
Juridisch-Politische Leseverein zu Wien 1840-1990, 1992.


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