Christian Friedrich Elvers

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Christian Friedrich Elvers (born July 16, 1797 in Flensburg , † October 2, 1858 in Kassel ) was a German law scholar and university professor .

Life

Christian Friedrich Elvers was the son of the Flensburg merchant, harbor and bridge master Johann Friedrich Elvers († 1842) and his wife Karoline Katharina, born Klautopf († 1838). He attended the grammar school in Husum and from 1815 to 1818 went to study law at the University of Göttingen , where Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, who taught church and constitutional law , was particularly influential for him. After his doctorate in 1818 and his habilitation in 1819, he was a private lecturer and from 1823 to 1828 an associate professor at the University of Göttingen and a member of the Göttingen Spruchkammer.

In 1828 he was appointed full professor for Roman law at the University of Rostock and a member of the Spruchkolleg, his research areas were Romance, German and canon law studies. In the academic self-administration he was dean of the law faculty in 1832/1833 and 1837/1838 and rector of the university in 1834/1835.

Elvers was appointed to the civil senate of the Kassel Higher Appeal Court in 1841 as a senior appeals judge. In addition, he was a member of the legal state examination commission. From 1842 he was a board member of the Evangelical Association of Friends of Israel in Kurhessen and in 1845 a founding and board member of the Hessen-Kassel'schen main association of the Gustav Adolf Foundation . He was chairman of the Kurhessischen mission association and member of the association for Hessian history. Elvers was the editor of several legal journals.

Christian Friedrich Elvers was in his first marriage (around 1825) married to Jakobine, b. Nickels and in second marriage from 1853 to Mathilde, geb. Feyerabend (1833-1911). The first marriage had three sons and a daughter, the second marriage two sons and a daughter. His eldest son Rudolf Elvers (1825-1891) became district administrator in Wernigerode / Harz.

Fonts (selection)

  • Theses. [Qvas… In Academia Georgia Avgvsta… Rite Obtinendis The XXVIII. Nov. A. MDCCCXVIII. Publice Defendet Christianus Fridericus Elvers Flenopolitano-Sleswicensis] Dissertation, Roewer, Göttingen 1818.
  • What is the current position of the German Burschenschaft on the German people? Some faithful words to the entire German fraternity. Goettingen 1818.
  • The essence and freedom of the Christian Church is shown in a special relation to Germany. Rostock 1832
  • Practical work: to promote scientific education in common law. Rostock 1836
  • The law of the watercourse according to its guiding principles and in its individual provisions from the sources of Roman law. Along with an appendix on Romagnosi's writings on water rights. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1841, special print from Themis, magazine for doctrines and practice of Roman law. ( ZDB -ID 251988-4 )
  • The German railroad thing in particular with regard to Kurhessen. Kassel 1844
  • Preliminary thoughts on Germany's future national representation. Kassel 1848
editor
  • Themis, Journal of Doctrine and Practice of Roman Law. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1827–1841 ( ISSN  1866-1548 )
  • General legal newspaper. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1828–1829
  • Sheets of the Chinese Foundation Kassel.
  • Archive for practical jurisprudence in the field of civil law, civil process and criminal law. 1854–1858 (co-editor) ( ZDB -ID 2084626-5 )

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personal data
SURNAME Elvers, Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1858
Place of death kassel