在利益法學向評價法學轉變的過程中,哈利·韋斯特曼乃這一法學模式轉變的"引路人",他提出了個案裁決的"規范三層級構建"學說。在韋斯特曼之后,海因里希·胡布曼提出"目的論-規范的利益衡量"學說,魯道夫·萊因哈特試圖尋找"正確的法的發現方法",約瑟夫·埃塞爾致力于"尋求正當的個案裁決"方法。1960年,卡爾·拉倫茨出版《法學方法論》,一定程度上改變了評價法學、法學方法論的理論面貌,使德國法學在一般法學的技術層面上整體向前推進了重要的一步。此外,弗朗茨·維亞克爾、阿圖爾·考夫曼、萊因霍爾德·齊佩利烏斯等人在戰后德國評價法學和法學方法論上均作出了各自的理論貢獻。當代的法學家大體上都生活在評價法學的絢爛光影之下,德國法學進入"評價法學的時代"。

In making the transition from jurisprudence of interests( Interessenjurisprudenz) to value jurisprudence( Wertungsjurisprudenz),Harry Westermann is the "pathfinder". He developed the doctrine of "three-level construction of norms"for deciding individual case. After Westermann,Heinrich Hubmann proposed his view of "the teleological-normative balance of interests",Rudolf Reinhardt attempted to explore "the methods of finding correct law ",and Josef Esser was committed to"finding a just decision in a specific case". In 1963,Karl Larenz published the methodology of legal science,which to some extent changed the theoretical faces of value jurisprudence and legal methodology,and made German jurisprudence take an important step forward at the technical level of general jurisprudence. In addition,Franz Wieacker,Arthur Kaufmann,Reinhold Zippelius et al.,made theoretical contributions to value jurisprudence and legal methodology respectively in post-war Germany. In conclusion,contemporary jurists mostly are living under the gorgeous light of Value Jurisprudence,and the German jurisprudence entered "the age of value jurisprudence".