Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gerber was a German legal scholar and Saxon statesman, born in 1823 in Ebeleben, Thuringia, and died in 1891. He studied law at Jena and taught at Erlangen, Jena and Leipzig, becoming a leading authority on civil law often mentioned alongside his contemporary Rudolf von Jhering, and his scholarship significantly shaped the development of German constitutional law in the nineteenth century. He was elected to the North German Reichstag in 1867, served as North German minister of culture from 1871 until his death, and was named chief minister of the Saxon government shortly before he died.
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RoleSaxon politician and one of Germany's leading jurists of his time 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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What was Carl Friedrich von Gerber's lasting contribution to German legal scholarship?
Gerber gave German private and public law doctrine a new systematic form.
The Deutsche Biographie says Gerber gave the doctrine of German private law and public law a new and influential form by building it into a single system. It credits the influence of rationalist natural law teaching and the model of the pandectist school.
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gerber, since 1859 von Gerber (11 April 1823 - 23 December 1891) was a Saxon politician and one of Germany's leading jurists of his time.
Introduction
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gerber, since 1859 von Gerber (11 April 1823 - 23 December 1891) was a Saxon politician and one of Germany's leading jurists of his time. Born to a Thuringian family in Ebeleben, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Gerber studied law in Jena and taught it in Erlangen after 1847, in Jena in 1862 and in Leipzig after 1863. He is often mentioned as a leading scholar of civil law together with his friend Rudolf von Jhering, and his views also helped shape the development of constitutional law in Germany.
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Born to a Thuringian family in Ebeleben, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Gerber studied law in Jena and taught it in Erlangen after 1847, in Jena in 1862 and in Leipzig after 1863. He is often mentioned as a leading scholar of civil law together with his friend Rudolf von Jhering, and his views also helped shape the development of constitutional law in Germany.
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Wikidata Q91903, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1823
Wikidata Q91903, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1823-04-11
Wikidata Q91903, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1891
Wikidata Q91903, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1891-12-23
Wikidata Q91903, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Ebeleben
Wikidata Q91903, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Dresden
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