Christian Daniel Erhard

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Christian Daniel Erhard

Christian Daniel Erhard (born February 6, 1759 in Dresden , † February 17, 1813 in Leipzig ) was a German legal scholar and poet.

Life

The son of an electoral Saxon court jeweler was initially trained by private teachers. He started studying law at the University of Leipzig in 1778 . As a student of Carl Gottfried Winkler (1722-1790), he was in 1781 Bachelor of Rights, 1782 Master of Philosophy, doctorate in the same year Doctor of Rights and habilitated. He then held legal lectures, became an attorney at the Oberhofgericht and in 1783 also an assessor at the Niederlausitz regional court.

In 1787 he received an extraordinary professorship at the Leipzig law faculty, and in 1793 he became the fifth full professor . In 1797 he became a professor and, associated with it, an assessor at the Faculty of Law and an assessor at the Court of Justice. After he had become professor of criminal law (previously 3rd Prof. Pandekten ) in 1809 , he was awarded the title of senior court judge. Erhard had become canon in Naumburg and was later appointed to the Imperial Russian Council. He had also taken part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semesters 1797/98 and 1806/07 . In his capacity as rector of the university in 1797, he arranged for the front of the Pauline College to be rebuilt and for this he obtained sovereign support of 10,000 thalers. Elected rector two days after the Battle of Jena in 1806, he obtained protection and preservation of Leipzig University with Napoleon in Berlin. The university was supposed to make supplies and contributions to the French war commissioners. In an audience given by Erhard, Napoleon assured the academy the undisturbed enjoyment of its privileges and freedoms.

During his time, Erhard had made a name for himself as a constitutional lawyer by drafting a criminal code for Saxony and translating the Code de Commerce . He was considered an elegant lawyer who played a role as a casual poet and editor of the Amalthea magazine for sciences and taste (1889-90) thanks to his versatile education, wit and his form in social interaction outside of the learned circles . In 1803 he also drafted the plan for the new “ Leipziger Literaturzeitung ” and the organization of its editorial team. During the winter months, Erhard maintained a number of private circles in his house for literary entertainment and social enjoyment. The most educated and respected families in Leipzig were invited. He was also in friendly contact with the poets Christoph Martin Wieland , Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

Erhard was involved in various Leipzig societies. He was a member of the Leipzig Masonic Lodge "Minerva to the Three Palms". In numerous poems he praised the virtues of "masonry". He was a member of a Leipzig reading society "Journalgesellschaft" Sprachgesellschaft Deutsche Gesellschaft and in 1809 its director. In 1807 he founded a private company for the study of all political sciences - the "Political Science Institute" for the "education and preparation of young people for all parts of state administration".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Masonic Lodge "Minerva to the Three Palms" was founded in 1741 and developed into one of the largest lodges in Germany.
  2. ^ The "Journalgesellschaft" was a reading society founded in 1768 with academically educated members of the Leipzig bourgeoisie, s. Matthias Wießner, The Journal Society - A Leipzig Reading Society around 1800, In: Leipziger Jahrbuch zur Buchgeschichte 2004, pp. 103–175.

Works

  • Handbook of Chursächsischen Embarrassing Law, 1789, 2nd edition, 1832
  • Attempt to procure and maintain such for them through the respect of the laws and the means. 1791
  • Reflections on Leopold the Wise Legislation in Tuscany. 1791
  • Necessary recollections of the author of the anonymous to se. Elector: Durchl. Essay directed to Saxony on the acceptance of the Polish crown. 1792
  • Attempt to criticize the general code of law for the Prussian states, 1792
  • Handbook of the Prussian-Brandenburg Civil Law, 1793
  • Reflections on the forms of government. 1793
  • De ampliationibus Judiciorum Publicorum apud Romanos Exercitatio. 1793
  • Masonic prayers at the end of the 18th century. Leipzig 1800
  • Poem to the father of the fatherland. Leipzig 1807
  • Cantata for Säcularfeyer of the University of Leipzig sung at the solemn services in the Paulinerkirche. Leipzig 1809
  • the king, on the first day of the fifth century of his Leipzig University. Leipzig 1809
  • Draft of a code of law on crimes and punishments for the states belonging to the Kingdom of Saxony. 1816
  • Postponed poems. 1823, edited by Ch. GE Friederici with biography.

Editorships

  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, King of Italy and Protectors of the Confederation of the Rhine Civil Code: according to the latest official edition and, together with the parallel passages of Roman and old French law added to every article by the French legal scholar Mr. Dard, also his own remarks and a complete one Subject index. 1808
  • Napoleon I Civil Code (code Napoléon)
  • Napoleon I. Commercial Code. 1808
  • Napoleons I ... Civil court system of the French Empire: Germanized according to the latest official edition .. 1808
  • Considerations on the penal laws: From the French. 1796

literature

personal data
SURNAME Erhard, Christian Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar and poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1813
Place of death Leipzig