Cornelis van Bynkershoek
Cornelis van Bynkershoek (born May 29, 1673 in Middelburg , † April 16, 1743 in The Hague ) was a lawyer at the elegant school in the Netherlands .
Life
Bynkershoek was the son of a sail maker. After visiting the Latin school in his hometown, he began in Franeker to study theology. In 1691 he switched to law school on the recommendation of Ulrich Huber . He received his doctorate in 1694 and established himself as a lawyer in The Hague .
In 1704 he became a member, in 1724 President of the High Council, the Supreme Court, of Holland , Zeeland and West Friesland .
Teaching
As a civil lawyer , Bynkershoek is a representative of the elegant Dutch school. As a member and president of the Supreme Court, he recorded for himself - Bynkershoek did not want publication - his cases and details of the advice and dissenting opinions of other judges. It was not until 1926 that these records were published under the title “Observationes tumultuariae”.
Bynkershoek is also important for international law and the law of the sea . In contrast to Grotius, in his work “De dominio maris dissertatio” he affirms the question of whether the government can have dominion over the sea: “Territorial sovereignty ends where the power of arms ends”. Bynkershoek thus developed a powerful philosophical basis for the 3-mile zone .
See also
- Territorial waters , 3-mile zone
Works
- Cornelis van Bynkershoek: De dominio maris dissertatio . 1702.
- Cornelis van Bynkershoek: Observationes juris romani . 1733.
- Cornelis van Bynkershoek: Observationes tumultuariae . (published from 1926).
literature
- Govaert CJ van den Bergh: The Dutch Elegant School: A Contribution to the History of Humanism and Jurisprudence in the Netherlands 1500 - 1800 . Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-465-03170-9 .
- Boudewijn Sirks : Art. Bynkershoek, Cornelis van . In: Albrecht Cordes , Heiner Lück , Dieter Werkmüller , Ruth Schmidt-Wiegand (eds.), Concise Dictionary of German Legal History , 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition, Volume I, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2008, Sp. 799-800. ISBN 978-3-503-07912-4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bynkershoek, Cornelis van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1673 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1743 |
| Place of death | The hague |