A History of Law

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History
Law

A History of Law

A brief biography of four law practitioners who have added greatly to the history of law.

740 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2007 South Africa

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the life and career of four lawyers who have contributed to the history of law allowing it to become what it is today. Without these men, things may have been very different in contemporary law studies. The four men are Hugo De Groot, Ulrich Huber, Cornelius van Bijinkershoek and Simon van Leeuwen.

From the Paper:

"Ulrich Huber, also known as Ulrik Huber or Ulricus Huber, was born on the 13 March 1636 at Dokkum and died in 1694. He is considered one of the greatest ever jurists of the Dutch province Friesland. After studying in such places as Franeker, Utrecht and Heidelburg, he started teaching as a professor of Eloquence and History at the University of Franeker in 1657. He was still very young at this point, however his studies had served him well, as from 1665, he became the professor of law. He became a judge at the Court of Appeal of Friesland from 1679 to 1682. Thereafter, he returned to his position as professor of law until his death on 8 November 1694, in Franeker. De Jure Civitatis Libri Tres was his major work. It was published in 1672 and it was continuously revised until the year of his death in 1694. His major considerations were of captivity in war, criminal conviction, and voluntary renunciation of liberty and birth from female slave legal grounds for slavery. "