The book State of Affairs reconstructs the controversy over Sachverhalt in

the German and Austria tradition. The author offers an overview of the

different proposals made regarding the meaning of "Sachverhalt". The

aim is to present various approaches and show different perspectives and

methods in studying its meaning. Each of these proposals provides a new

definition of the concept. The main theme of these pages it to reproduce

the debate about a concept that, finally, has come to be used efficiently in

the legal field. The discussion reveals numerous aspects by which philosophy

has contributed to this development.