A. Arthur Schiller
A. Arthur Schiller (born September 7, 1902 in San Francisco , † July 10, 1977 in Oneonta, New York ) was an American legal scholar .
life and work
A. Arthur Schiller studied law at the University of California, Berkeley ( BA 1924, MA 1926, JD 1926) and then went to Columbia University in New York as a Fellow , where he spent almost his entire career. After studying at the University of Munich (1929), he was appointed instructor at Columbia Law School and later Professor of Law.
During his time at Columbia University, Schiller gained international renown as an expert and researcher. He taught as a visiting professor at the University of Indonesia , the University of Graz and the University of Erlangen (1949), which awarded him an honorary doctorate in law in 1950. Further guest stays took him to the Free University of Berlin (1953), the University of Istanbul (1955), as a Fulbright Professor at the University of Aberdeen (1957) and the University of Cape Town (1968). He received the Guggenheim scholarship three times (1949, 1955, 1962).
In the 1950s, Schiller specialized in African law. As legal advisor on behalf of the United Nations, he accompanied the annexation of the former Italian colony of Eritrea to Ethiopia from 1951 to 1952 . The Ford Foundation financed two research trips to African countries (1959 and 1963). In 1962 Schiller took part in the First International Congress of Africanists as an observer on behalf of the United States. After retiring in 1971, Schiller stayed at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey in 1973 .
Schiller's research work was broadly based. He dealt with Coptic law, Roman law , Greek papyrology and US military law.
Fonts (selection)
- Ten Coptic Legal Texts . New York 1932 (dissertation). Reprinted in New York 1973
- Addendum to the article Sklaverei in Pauly-Wissowas Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswwissenschaft (RE), Supplement-Volume VI (1935), Sp. 894-1068
- Military Law and Defense Legislation . St. Paul (MN) 1941. Second edition under the title: Military Law. Statutes, Regulations and Orders, Judicial Decisions, and Opinions of the Judge Advocates General . St. Paul (MN) 1952. Third edition 1961, fourth edition 1968
- Texts and Commentary for Study of Roman Law. Mechanisms and Development . New York 1946
- with Edwin R. Keedy: Cases on the Law of Agency . Indianapolis 1948
- The Formation of Federal Indonesia, 1945-1949 . The Hague 1953
- with William Linn Westermann : Apokrimata. Decisions of Septimius Severus on Legal Matters . New York 1954
- An American Experience in Roman Law. Writings from Publications in the United States . Göttingen 1971
- Roman Law: Mechanisms of Development . The Hague / New York 1978
literature
- Roger S. Bagnall , William V. Harris (Eds.): Studies in Roman Law in Memory of A. Arthur Schiller . Leiden 1986 (with list of publications and necrology)
- William V. Harris: Schiller, A. Arthur . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 567-569.
Web links
- Entry on A. Arthur Schiller in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
- Literature by and about A. Arthur Schiller in the catalog of the German National Library
- A. Arthur Schiller papers - Information on Schiller's estate in the Archival Collections of Columbia University Libraries
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiller, A. Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schiller, Abraham Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1977 |
| Place of death | Oneonta (New York) |