August Loeber

August Loeber (born September 25th ^July / October 7th  1865 ^greg. In Riga ; † February 14th 1948 in Marne ) was a Baltic German law professor and Latvian senator.

Life

Loeber came from a German-Baltic merchant family from Riga . After his academic training in German and Russian law at the University of Dorpat , which he received as a Cand. jur. graduated, he did his doctorate in Göttingen as Dr. jur. and continued his studies in France and England. From 1892 he was a paralegal in Riga, 1896–1918 sworn lawyer, 1918–1938 senator. He was also an academic teacher: 1905–1907 at the Navigation School of the Rigas Stock Exchange Committee, 1911–1915 at the Rogaschen Polytechnic and since 1919 at the Latvian University . In 1930 he received the title of Dr. jur. hc and professors.

After the establishment of the independent state of Latvia , Loeber became one of the most active supporters of the young republic. While other Baltic Germans were hostile to the Latvian nation-state and were perceived by Latvian politics as uninvited foreigners, Loeber's mission was welcomed in Latvia. As a Senator of Latvia, Loeber was a member of the Supreme Court and defined the international and private law position in numerous legal opinions.

August Loeber was the father of the Ostrechtler Dietrich A. Loeber .

Works

• Ievads tiesību zinībās: pēc Latvijas Augstskolā lasītām lekcijām 1920/21 gadā. Riga, 1921
• Vispārējā tiesību teorija: Kara juridiskos kursos 1920./21. G. lasīto lekciju konspekts, Riga, 1921
• Tirdzniecības tiesību pārskats, Riga, 1926
• Vekseļtiesību pārskats, Riga, 1927
• Fonti e lineamenti della legislazione lettone in materia di diritto privato, Riga, 1930
• Raksti par vekseļu un čeku tiesībām žurnālā "Tieslietu Ministrijas Vēstnesis" 1922-1931, Riga, 1993
• Vekseļu un čeku tiesību pārskats: Rīga, 1926.-1927, Riga, 1993
• No romiesu tiesibam lidz Hagas konvencijam. Senatora Augusta Lebera juridiskie atzinumi (1909-1939) / krajum. sastadijs Ditrihs Augusts Lebers. - Riga: LU zurnala "Latvijas Vesture" fund, 2004. - 520 lpp. ("From Roman Law to the Hague Convention. Legal Opinion by Senator August A. Loeber (1909-1939)": Collection of articles with 44 previously unpublished legal opinions by Loeber)

literature

• Senators Augusts Lebers (Loeber), 1865-1948: dzīve un darbs: dokumentu izvēle un personālais bibliogrāfiskais rādītājs / sastādījis Ditrichs Andrejs Lebers (Loeber), Rīga, 1995
• Latvijas Senāta senators Augusts Lebers: biobibliogrāfija / Latvijas Akadēmiskā bibliotēka; sastādītājas: M. Kadike… [et al.]; editors: L. Krūmiņa, Rīga, 1997
• The Baltic states at historical crossroads: political, economic, and legal problems in the context of the international co-operation at the beginning of the 21st century: a collection of scholarly articles: published in memory of Senator August Loeber, Riga, 1998
• August Loeber and Estonia: a collection of materials on August Loeber (1865-1948), Senator of the Senate of Latvia and Professor of the University of Latvia / compiled on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death by Dietrich A. Loeber, Riga, 1998
• Rigasche Zeitschrift für Rechtswissenschaft, ed. vd German Law Society in Riga, Volume 1 1926/1927-Volume 11 1939, facsimile edition, ed. v. Latvian Lawyers' Association and Senator August Loeber Foundation, project management Loeber, Dietrich André, Böhlau, Cologne 2003.
• Sanita Osipova: The development of the Latvian legal language after the founding of the Republic of Latvia using the example of legal training, University of Latvia, 2010, http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/681065451.pdf
• Dietrich André Loeber (ed.): Latvijas tiesību vēsture (1914-2000), Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Fonds, 2000.
• Boris Meissner : "The Occupation of the Baltic States from a Present-Day Perspective" in The Baltic States at Historical Crossroads. Political, economic, and legal problems and opportunities in the context of international co-operation at the beginning of the 21st century. A collection of scholarly articles. Second revised and expanded edition. Published in memory of Senator August Loeber and on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Professor Dietrich Andre Loeber. Edited by Dr. habil. Tālavs Jundzis. Rīga: Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2001
• Ilga Grava-Kreituse: Latvijas okupācija un aneksija, 1939-1940: dokumenti un materiāli, Riga, 1995
• Latvija Senats: Latvijas Senāts, 1918-1940: rādītājs Latvijas Senāta spriedumu krājumam. 1.sēj., Ievads, Rīga, 1997/1998
• Album fratrum Rigensium 1823–1979 . Hechthausen 1981. No. 911a.

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on August Loeber. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat