Andreas Mylius (legal scholar)

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Andreas Mylius (born April 12, 1649 in Zschepplin ; † June 6, 1702 in Leipzig ) was a German legal scholar .

Life

The son of the eponymous mayor of Zschepplin and Eilenburg (since 1669) and his wife Magaretha (née Gey from Torgau ) came from a family that had established itself in the 17th century as an influential bourgeois family and a dynasty of scholars. He himself had attended the grammar school in Torgau, began studying at the University of Wittenberg in 1667 , where he learned rhetoric from Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch and initially devoted himself to the philosophical sciences. But soon he turned to law lectures.

In 1669 he moved to the University of Leipzig , where he came into contact primarily with Georg Tobias Schwendendörffer . In Leipzig he acquired on 24 October 1678 with the treatise De contractile libellario the Licentiate of Rights and doctorate on November 6, 1679 to the doctor of the rights. In 1680 he was given the professorship of rights with the title de verborum significatione et de reg. Juris and in 1684 became professor of the institutes, which position he held eighteen years until his death. In addition, he had been a university syndic in 1686 , assessor in the law faculty in 1688, and in the winter semesters 1683, 1695 rector of the alma mater .

From his marriage in 1677 to the daughter of a mayor of Eilenburg Elisabeth Friderici, five children were born. The son Andreas Friedrich Mylius (1683-1740) also gained a reputation as a lawyer.

Works

Mylius wrote 40 disputations. He has also appeared as the editor of various treatises.

  • Maruductio in universe jus
  • Nucleus pandectarum 1691
  • Nucleus proc. Judiciarri. 1792

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personal data
SURNAME Mylius, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH Zschepplin
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1702
Place of death Leipzig