Adalbert Theodor Michel

Adalbert Theodor Michel (born April 15, 1821 in Prague , † August 30, 1877 in Morschach-Axenfels ) was an Austrian legal scholar , politician and university professor .

Life

Michel graduated from grammar school in Prague as a Konviktskögling and then began studying law at the University of Prague . On December 18, 1844, he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . This was followed by a stay in Vienna before he came to the University of Cracow as a lecturer in 1847 . However, due to the political turmoil, he returned to Prague in 1848. In 1849 he taught as a supplement at the University in Prague before a 1850 reputation as a professor at the University of Olomouc followed. In the academic year 1853/1854 he was rector of the university. With the dissolution of the university he came to the University of Innsbruck as a professor in 1855 .

In 1858, Michel followed another call as a full professor of civil law and mining law at the University of Graz . There he held the office of dean in 1860/1861, 1869/1870 and 1876/1877 and in 1867/1868 he was rector of the university.

Michel became increasingly active in the urban society of Graz. From 1870 he was active as a community and city council and was also sent by the Graz Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a member of the state parliament in Styria . There he was able to gain increasing influence. He became a member of various committees, most recently in the state committee , through which he was given responsibility for all legislative and state cultural matters.

Michel died on a vacation trip to Lake Lucerne .

Works (selection)

• The representation of the guarantee according to Austrian private law , Prague 1849.
• Collection of the latest laws and ordinances relating to Austrian general private law , Prague 1850.
• Handbook of general private law for the Austrian Empire , Olmütz 1853.
• Ground plan of today's Austrian general private law , Olomouc 1856.
• Austria's Railway Law , Vienna 1860.
• Contributions to the history of Austrian marriage law , 2 volumes, Graz 1870–1871.

literature

• Karl Heinrich Hugelmann :  Michel, Adalbert Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 692 f.
• Franz Kroller :  Michel, Adalbert Theodor. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 262.
• Gunter Wesener : Adalbert Theodor Michel 1821–1877. A later representative of the exegetical school of Austrian jurisprudence. In: Louis C. Morsak, Markus Escher: Festschrift for Louis Carlen on his 60th birthday. Zurich 1989. ISBN 3-7255-2710-5 , pp. 47-65.
• Michel, Adalbert Theodor . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 7 : Menghin – Pötel . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094026-8 , pp. 86 .