About the book: To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the C.H. BECK publishing house, renowned legal historian Uwe Wesel has traced its history. He focuses on the development of the legal science program area but also highlights some aspects of the humanities publishing activities. He describes the publisher's family over six generations and places the publishing activities in the relevant political, social, and economic context. This results in a vivid work that outlines the progression of a significant publishing house as well as a piece of intellectual history in Germany. The narrative begins in 1763 in the picturesque town of Nördlingen. Wesel illustrates how the legal profile of the publishing house evolved from its early beginnings to a position of increasing importance in the Kingdom of Bavaria and in the German Empire under Otto von Bismarck.