Born on 31 August 1798 at Kadolzburg in Bavaria, Puchta came of an old BohemianProtestant family which had immigrated into Germany to avoid religious persecution. His father, Wolfgang Heinrich Puchta (1769–1845), a legal writer and district judge, imbued his son with legal conceptions and principles.[1] From 1811 to 1816 Puchta attended the Egidiengymnasium at Nuremberg, during the headmastership of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, an eminent German philosopher.[2]
In 1816 Puchta began his legal studies at the University of Erlangen, where—in addition to being initiated by his father into legal practice—he fell under the influence of the writings of Savigny and Niebuhr.[1] At this time the famous Christian Friedrich von Glück lectured there. Puchta said about the faculty of Erlangen: "Jede Universität ist freilich mit einem Pfahl im Fleisch geplagt, aber die hiesige Fakultät hat, wenn Glück stirbt, nichts als Pfähle".[3] (Translation "Every university certainly is plagued with a thorn in the flesh, but the faculty here, when Glück dies, will have nothing but thorns.") Taking his doctorate (Dissertatio de Itinere, Actu et Via[4]) and his habilitation in Roman Law at Erlangen,[2] he established himself there in 1820 as a Privatdozent.
One year later, Puchta was appointed Professor at University of Erlangen (außerordentlicher Professor für Rechtswissenschaft), where he stated on until 1828.[5][6]
Leaving Erlangen, Puchta was appointed full Professor of Roman Law at University of Munich in 1828. He stated in Munich until 1835 when he went on to the University of Marburg, to become a professor of Roman and Ecclesiastical Law (ordentlicher Professor für römisches Recht und Kirchenrecht) there. In 1837 he left Marburg to become a Professor for Legal Scholarship at Leipzig University (ordentlicher Professor für Rechtswissenschaft).[5][6]
When Friedrich Carl von Savigny was appointed Minister of Justice of Prussia (Minister für Revision der Gesetzgebung) on 28 February 1842, there was some debate concerning his succession at Berlin University (then named Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität). Finally Puchta was chosen to succeed him in 1842.[5][6]
At the pinnacle of this legal career, Puchta was in 1842 appointed to the Prussian Supreme Tribunal (Preußisches Obertribunal). In 1845 he became a member of the consultative Prussian Council of State (Preußischer Staatsrat) and the Prussian Legislative Commission (Gesetzgebungskommission).[5][6]
Puchta died suddenly in Berlin on 8 January 1846 due to Miserere.[6]
Legal thinkingEdit
His chief merit as a jurist lay in breaking with past unscientific methods in the teaching of Roman law and in making its spirit intelligible to students.[1]
Among his writings must be especially mentioned Lehrbuch der Pandekten (Leipzig, 1838, and many later editions), in which he elucidated the dogmatic essence of Roman law in a manner never before attempted; and the Kursus der Institutionen (Leipzig, 1841–1847, and later editions), which gives a clear picture of the organic development of law among the Romans. Among his other writings are Das Gewohnheitsrecht (Erlangen, 1828–1837) and Einleitung in das Recht der Kirche (Leipzig, 1840).[1]
Kleine civilistische Schriften (1851), edited by Adolph August Friedrich Rudorff, is a collection of essays on various branches of Roman law, and the preface contains a sympathetic biographical sketch of the jurist.[1]
Published worksEdit
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1822). Grundriß zu Vorlesungen über juristische Enzyklopädie und Methodologie (in German). C. Heyder in Comm.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1829). Lehrbuch für Institutionen-Vorlesungen (in German). München: Anton Webersche Buchhandlung.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1828). Das Gewohnheitsrecht (in German). Vol. I. Erlangen: Palm’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1837). Das Gewohnheitsrecht (in German). Vol. II. Erlangen: Palm’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1838). Lehrbuch der Pandekten (in German). Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1840). Einleitung in das Recht der Kirche (in German). Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1841). Cursus der Institutionen: Einleitung in die Rechtswissenschaft und Geschichte des Rechts bey dem römischen Volk (in German). Vol. I. Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1842). Cursus der Institutionen (in German). Vol. II. Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1847). Rudorff, Adolf Friedrich August (ed.). Cursus der Institutionen (in German). Vol. III. Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel. Published posthumously.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1847). Vorlesungen über das heutige römische Recht (in German). Vol. I. Leipzig: Verlag von Bernhard Tauchnitz jun.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1848). Rudorff, Adolf Friedrich August (ed.). Vorlesungen über das heutige römische Recht (in German). Vol. II. Leipzig: Verlag von Bernhard Tauchnitz jun. Published posthumously.
Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1851). Rudorff, Adolf Friedrich August (ed.). Georg Friedrich Puchta's Kleine civilistische Schriften (in German). Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel. Published posthumously.
BibliographyEdit
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Puchta, Georg Friedrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 632.
Haferkamp, Hans-Peter (2004). Georg Friedrich Puchta und die "Begriffsjurisprudenz" (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann. ISBN978-3-465-03327-1.
Haferkamp, Hans-Peter (8 April 2011). "Georg Friedrich Puchta". Enzyklopädie zur Rechtsphilosophie (in German). from the original on 22 January 2021.
Landau, Peter (2001), "Puchta, Georg Friedrich", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 757–759; (full text online).
Ziller, Tuisco (1853). Ueber die von Puchta der Darstellung des römischen Rechts zu Grunde gelegten rechtsphilosophischen Ansichten (in German). Leipzig: Druck von Alexander Edelmann.
^Hirata, Alessandro (2006). "Die Vollendung des usus modernus pandectarum: Christian Friedrich von Glück (1755-1831)". Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung (in German). 123 (1): 333 (Footnote 12). doi:10.7767/zrgra.2006.123.1.330. S2CID 178227799.
^Puchta, Georg Friedrich (1851). "Dissertatio de Itinere, Actu et Via". In Rudorff, Adolph August Friedrich (ed.). Georg Friedrich Puchta's Kleine civilistische Schriften (in Latin). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. p. 3.
^ abcd"Biografie: Georg Friedrich Puchta". Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (in German). from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ abcdeHaferkamp, Hans-Peter (8 April 2011). "Georg Friedrich Puchta". Enzyklopädie zur Rechtsphilosophie. from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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Georg Friedrich Puchta 31 August 1798 8 January 1846 was an important German Legal scholar Georg Friedrich PuchtaGeorg Friedrich Puchta by E Uber Drawer and lithographer Born 1798 08 31 31 August 1798Kadolzburg Electorate of Bavaria Holy Roman EmpireDied8 January 1846 1846 01 08 aged 47 Berlin Province of Brandenburg Kingdom of PrussiaOccupationLegal scholarNotable workGewohnheitsrecht Customary law ParentWolfgang Heinrich Puchta father Signature Contents 1 Biography 2 Legal thinking 3 Published works 4 Bibliography 5 ReferencesBiography EditBorn on 31 August 1798 at Kadolzburg in Bavaria Puchta came of an old Bohemian Protestant family which had immigrated into Germany to avoid religious persecution His father Wolfgang Heinrich Puchta 1769 1845 a legal writer and district judge imbued his son with legal conceptions and principles 1 From 1811 to 1816 Puchta attended the Egidiengymnasium at Nuremberg during the headmastership of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel an eminent German philosopher 2 In 1816 Puchta began his legal studies at the University of Erlangen where in addition to being initiated by his father into legal practice he fell under the influence of the writings of Savigny and Niebuhr 1 At this time the famous Christian Friedrich von Gluck lectured there Puchta said about the faculty of Erlangen Jede Universitat ist freilich mit einem Pfahl im Fleisch geplagt aber die hiesige Fakultat hat wenn Gluck stirbt nichts als Pfahle 3 Translation Every university certainly is plagued with a thorn in the flesh but the faculty here when Gluck dies will have nothing but thorns Taking his doctorate Dissertatio de Itinere Actu et Via 4 and his habilitation in Roman Law at Erlangen 2 he established himself there in 1820 as a Privatdozent In 1821 Puchta went on a year long trip peregrinatio academica around Germany to visit important universities During this trip he met some of the foremost German legal scholars of his time Gustav Hugo Friedrich Carl von Savigny und Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut 2 One year later Puchta was appointed Professor at University of Erlangen ausserordentlicher Professor fur Rechtswissenschaft where he stated on until 1828 5 6 Leaving Erlangen Puchta was appointed full Professor of Roman Law at University of Munich in 1828 He stated in Munich until 1835 when he went on to the University of Marburg to become a professor of Roman and Ecclesiastical Law ordentlicher Professor fur romisches Recht und Kirchenrecht there In 1837 he left Marburg to become a Professor for Legal Scholarship at Leipzig University ordentlicher Professor fur Rechtswissenschaft 5 6 When Friedrich Carl von Savigny was appointed Minister of Justice of Prussia Minister fur Revision der Gesetzgebung on 28 February 1842 there was some debate concerning his succession at Berlin University then named Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Finally Puchta was chosen to succeed him in 1842 5 6 At the pinnacle of this legal career Puchta was in 1842 appointed to the Prussian Supreme Tribunal Preussisches Obertribunal In 1845 he became a member of the consultative Prussian Council of State Preussischer Staatsrat and the Prussian Legislative Commission Gesetzgebungskommission 5 6 Puchta died suddenly in Berlin on 8 January 1846 due to Miserere 6 Legal thinking EditHis chief merit as a jurist lay in breaking with past unscientific methods in the teaching of Roman law and in making its spirit intelligible to students 1 Among his writings must be especially mentioned Lehrbuch der Pandekten Leipzig 1838 and many later editions in which he elucidated the dogmatic essence of Roman law in a manner never before attempted and the Kursus der Institutionen Leipzig 1841 1847 and later editions which gives a clear picture of the organic development of law among the Romans Among his other writings are Das Gewohnheitsrecht Erlangen 1828 1837 and Einleitung in das Recht der Kirche Leipzig 1840 1 Kleine civilistische Schriften 1851 edited by Adolph August Friedrich Rudorff is a collection of essays on various branches of Roman law and the preface contains a sympathetic biographical sketch of the jurist 1 Published works EditPuchta Georg Friedrich 1822 Grundriss zu Vorlesungen uber juristische Enzyklopadie und Methodologie in German C Heyder in Comm Puchta Georg Friedrich 1829 Lehrbuch fur Institutionen Vorlesungen in German Munchen Anton Webersche Buchhandlung Puchta Georg Friedrich 1828 Das Gewohnheitsrecht in German Vol I Erlangen Palm sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Puchta Georg Friedrich 1837 Das Gewohnheitsrecht in German Vol II Erlangen Palm sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Puchta Georg Friedrich 1838 Lehrbuch der Pandekten in German Leipzig Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth Puchta Georg Friedrich 1840 Einleitung in das Recht der Kirche in German Leipzig Verlag von Breitkopf und Hartel Puchta Georg Friedrich 1841 Cursus der Institutionen Einleitung in die Rechtswissenschaft und Geschichte des Rechts bey dem romischen Volk in German Vol I Leipzig Verlag von Breitkopf und Hartel Puchta Georg Friedrich 1842 Cursus der Institutionen in German Vol II Leipzig Verlag von Breitkopf und Hartel Puchta Georg Friedrich 1847 Rudorff Adolf Friedrich August ed Cursus der Institutionen in German Vol III Leipzig Verlag von Breitkopf und Hartel Published posthumously Puchta Georg Friedrich 1847 Vorlesungen uber das heutige romische Recht in German Vol I Leipzig Verlag von Bernhard Tauchnitz jun Puchta Georg Friedrich 1848 Rudorff Adolf Friedrich August ed Vorlesungen uber das heutige romische Recht in German Vol II Leipzig Verlag von Bernhard Tauchnitz jun Published posthumously Puchta Georg Friedrich 1851 Rudorff Adolf Friedrich August ed Georg Friedrich Puchta s Kleine civilistische Schriften in German Leipzig Verlag von Breitkopf und Hartel Published posthumously Bibliography Edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Puchta Georg Friedrich Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 22 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 632 Haferkamp Hans Peter 2004 Georg Friedrich Puchta und die Begriffsjurisprudenz in German Frankfurt am Main Vittorio Klostermann ISBN 978 3 465 03327 1 Haferkamp Hans Peter 8 April 2011 Georg Friedrich Puchta Enzyklopadie zur Rechtsphilosophie in German Archived from the original on 22 January 2021 Landau Peter 2001 Puchta Georg Friedrich Neue Deutsche Biographie in German vol 20 Berlin Duncker amp Humblot pp 757 759 full text online Ziller Tuisco 1853 Ueber die von Puchta der Darstellung des romischen Rechts zu Grunde gelegten rechtsphilosophischen Ansichten in German Leipzig Druck von Alexander Edelmann References Edit a b c d e Chisholm 1911 a b c Landau Peter 2001 Puchta Georg Friedrich Neue Deutsche Biographie in German vol 20 Berlin Duncker amp Humblot pp 757 759 full text online Hirata Alessandro 2006 Die Vollendung des usus modernus pandectarum Christian Friedrich von Gluck 1755 1831 Zeitschrift der Savigny Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte Romanistische Abteilung in German 123 1 333 Footnote 12 doi 10 7767 zrgra 2006 123 1 330 S2CID 178227799 Puchta Georg Friedrich 1851 Dissertatio de Itinere Actu et Via In Rudorff Adolph August Friedrich ed Georg Friedrich Puchta s Kleine civilistische Schriften in Latin Leipzig Breitkopf amp Hartel p 3 a b c d Biografie Georg Friedrich Puchta Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin in German Archived from the original on 26 October 2020 Retrieved 22 January 2021 a b c d e Haferkamp Hans Peter 8 April 2011 Georg Friedrich Puchta Enzyklopadie zur Rechtsphilosophie Archived from the original on 22 January 2021 Retrieved 22 January 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Georg Friedrich Puchta amp oldid 1171816961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
