Arnold Moritz Holtermann

Arnold Moritz Holtermann (born November 15, 1627 in Rheda , † April 28, 1681 in Marburg ) was a German legal scholar and university professor .

Life

Holtermann was the son of the court master at Rheda Castle and a doctorate in law, the privy councilor Bernhard Holtermann. He attended high school in Steinfurt and then studied law , philosophy and classical antiquity at the University of Deventer . After positions from 1649 at the universities in Leyden , Utrecht and Groningen , he went to the University of Heidelberg and finally to the University of Basel , where he worked on October 28, 1651 with his work Ad l. ult. Cod. de edicto D. Hadriani tollendo was awarded a doctorate in both rights .

During a trip to Italy in 1653 Holter man received a reputation as a professor of history and shortly afterwards the rights to high school in Steinfurt. He turned down an offer from the University of Franeker in 1656 . In 1658 he made a trip to England with some Swiss nobles . After returning from England in 1661 he accepted the appointment as a full professor of history and eloquence as well as an extraordinary professor of law at the University of Marburg . Shortly afterwards, in 1662, he became the fourth full professor of law, as professor of institutions. From 1674 he was the third full professor of law. In 1670 Holtermann was dean of the law faculty and rector of the University of Marburg. He held the latter office again in 1679/80.

In 1666 Holtermann received the title of Hessian council. He declined calls from other universities, including Groningen in 1666, as well as a repeated one to Franeker and 1677 to Heidelberg.

Works (selection)

Holtermann has an extensive literary activity, comprising over 100 numbers, in which he explicitly turns against lawyers in some , which has given him a large number of discussions and replies.

Anthologies

• Dissertationes jurid. ad IV. Institutionum libros… , Marburg 1664 (volume with 24 dissertations).
• Πρωθεωρία universi jur. feudalis , Marburg 1668 (volume with 19 dissertations).
• Lex regia s. vera et fundam. Imper. RG hod. ratio status ... , Marburg 1677 (volume with 14 disputations).
• Jus noviss. s. Novell. Justin, concinna et method. expositio , Marburg 1678 (volume with 14 dissertations).

Single prints

• Diss. De quaest. s. torturis reorum , Marburg 1666.
• From the summons before God's judgment in civil. and pal. Things , Marburg 1668.
• Dispute. de sponsionibus licitis et temerariis vulgo Prael sacht or I'll eat you , Marburg 1676.
• Dispute. de nequitia Advocatorum - of pitfalls and boyish pieces of the lawyers , Marburg 1679.
• Wrong lawyer s. sine lege monstrosus Jureconsultus , Marburg 1680.

literature

• Jakob Franck :  Holtermann, Arnold Moriz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 6-8.
• Ingeborg Höting: The professors of the Steinfurter High School , Steinfurter Schriften Volume 21, Steinfurt 1991. ISBN 978-3930779215 ( online version of the article )

Web links

• Holtermann, Arnold Moritz. Hessian biography. (As of April 28, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Works by and about Arnold Moritz Holtermann  in the German Digital Library