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Heinrich Dernburg

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Heinrich Dernburg was a German jurist, professor and politician who lived from 3 March 1829 to 23 November 1907. He became a leading authority on Prussian civil law as codified in the Allgemeines Landrecht, taught Roman and Prussian law at the University of Berlin from 1873, and represented the University of Halle in the Prussian House of Lords. His scholarship sought to balance commercial interests against sweeping social ideals, and he wrote extensively on Prussian private law, guardianship law and hypothecary rights, publishing in a style that avoided the doctrinaire, reactionary legal positivism for which some contemporaries were criticized.

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Role
Jurist, professor, and politician 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
German 1
Born
1829 2
Birth Date
1829-03-03 2
Birthplace
Mainz 2
Died
1907 2
Death Date
1907-11-23 2
Place of Death
Charlottenburg 2
Classification
Field of Law
Civil / Private Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 1
Role (category)
Politician 1
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Did Heinrich Dernburg write about Roman law as well as Prussian law?

Yes. His works include studies of Roman set-off and pledge law and a treatise on the Pandects.

Yes. Alongside his work on Prussian private law, Dernburg wrote on Roman law. His list of works includes a study of set-off under Roman law from 1854, a two-volume work on the law of pledge under the principles of modern Roman law from 1860, a study of the Institutes of Gaius from 1869, and a treatise on the Pandects, called Pandekten, first published in the 1880s and reaching a sixth edition in 1900 and 1901.
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1. Heinrich Dernburg (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction, gender
    Born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, he was the brother of Friedrich Dernburg and the maternal grandfather of the historian Heinrich Sproemberg.
  • Introduction
    Heinrich Dernburg (3 March 1829 - 23 November 1907) was a German jurist, professor, and politician.
  • Introduction
    In 1862 he accepted a similar position in the University of Halle, which he represented in the Prussian House of Lords from 1866 to 1873, when he became professor of Roman and Prussian law in the University of Berlin.
  • In Legal System: German Legal System, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was a German jurist
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2. Wikidata: Heinrich Dernburg
  • Wikidata Q71208, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1829
  • Wikidata Q71208, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
    P569 (date of birth): 1829-03-03
  • Wikidata Q71208, P570 date of death claim (year)
    P570 (date of death): 1907
  • Wikidata Q71208, P570 date of death claim (full date)
    P570 (date of death): 1907-11-23
  • Wikidata Q71208, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Mainz
  • Wikidata Q71208, P20 place of death claim
    P20 (place of death): Charlottenburg
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