Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (20 November 1781 to 4 July 1854) was a German jurist and legal historian. He held law professorships at Frankfurt an der Oder, the University of Berlin, and the University of Göttingen, and served as a member of the Prussian Supreme Tribunal. Regarded as a principal authority on German constitutional law, he wrote Deutsche Staats- und Rechtsgeschichte and, together with Friedrich Carl von Savigny and Johann Friedrich Ludwig Goschen, founded the Zeitschrift fur geschichtliche Rechtswissenschaft, the journal of the German Historical School of law.
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What was Karl Friedrich Eichhorn's place in the Historical School of law?
He was one of the founders of the historical school of law.
Eichhorn is counted as one of the founders of the historical school of law. That school drew on all the sources available to scholarship at the time.
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Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (20 November 1781 - 4 July 1854) was a German jurist.
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He entered the University of Göttingen in 1797.
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Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (20 November 1781 - 4 July 1854) was a German jurist.
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was a German jurist
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P569 (date of birth): 1781
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P569 (date of birth): 1781-11-20
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P570 (date of death): 1854
Wikidata Q564888, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1854-07-04
Wikidata Q564888, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Jena
Wikidata Q564888, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Cologne
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