Eduard Henke

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Hermann Wilhelm Eduard Henke (* 28. September 1783 in Braunschweig ; † 14. March 1869 ibid ) was a German jurist and criminal scientist . He was professor of law at the University of Landshut , the Bern Academy and the University of Halle .

Life

Eduard Henke came from a family from which numerous doctors, lawyers, theologians and artists emerged. He was the ninth child of pastor Ernst Heinrich Ludwig Henke (1736–1785) and Wilhelmine Henke, née Spohr (1744–1806). Of his older brothers, Theodor Henke (1765–1843) became general superintendent in Braunschweig and Adolph Henke (1775–1843) became professor of physiology and pathology in Erlangen. His nephew was the composer Louis Spohr (1784-1859).

Henke studied law at the universities in Göttingen and Helmstedt . In 1806 he received his doctorate at the Helmstedt University with the dissertation De Vera Criminis Laesae Maiestatis Secvndvm Leges Positivas Indole Atqve Poena to the Dr. jur. and completed his habilitation at the University of Erlangen in the same year . In 1808 Henke was appointed associate professor of law at the University of Landshut and in 1813 he was appointed city ​​court assessor in Nuremberg .

From 1814 to 1832 he took over a professorship for Roman law and criminal law at the Academy in Bern. In 1832, Henke was an appellate judge in Wolfenbüttel for one year . In 1833 he accepted the call as a full professor of law at the University of Halle. In the same year he was awarded the title of Secret Judiciary Council. He worked at the University of Halle until 1857.

Henke was the author of numerous specialist publications. In 1809 he published Outlines of a History of Common Embarrassing Law in Germany and a year later on the current state of criminal law. In 1815 his textbook on criminal law was published . His main work Handbuch des Criminalrechts und der Criminalpolitik was published in four volumes from 1823 to 1838. Above all, foreign legislation was taken into account in the work. Some of his monographs were republished as a reprint in the 1990s as part of the Library of German Criminal Law series - Masters of Modernism . Henke also worked as a translator from French and English.

Eduard Henke died on March 14, 1869 at the age of 85 in his native city of Braunschweig. His daughter Amélie Henke (1827–1921) married Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898), zoologist and founder of parasitology .

Publications (selection)

  • De Vera Criminis Laesae Maiestatis Secvndvm Leges Positivas Indole Atqve Poena. ( Dissertation ) Helmstedt 1806. ( Digitized )
  • Criminal attempts. Berlin 1807. ( digitized )
  • Outline of a history of German embarrassing law and embarrassing jurisprudence. One try. (2 volumes) Sulzbach 1809. ( digitized 1st volume ) ( digitized 2nd volume )
  • On the dispute between the theories of criminal law. An attempt at their reconciliation along with a literary supplement. Regensburg 1811. ( digitized )
  • Contributions to criminal legislation in a comparative overview of the latest criminal law books and drafts. Regensburg 1813. ( digitized )
  • On the nature of jurisprudence and the study of it in Germany. Regensburg 1814. ( digitized )
  • Presentation of the judicial procedure in criminal matters. Zurich 1817.
  • Handbook of Criminal Law and Criminal Policy. (4 volumes) Berlin 1823-1803. ( Digitized 1st volume ) ( digitized 2nd volume ) ( digitized 3rd volume ) ( digitized 4th volume )
  • Public law of the Swiss Eid-Genossenschaft and the cantons of Switzerland. Along with basic features of general constitutional law. Aarau 1824. ( digitized )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Spohr: Louis Spohr's autobiography . Ed .: Georg H. Wiegand. First volume. Cassel and Göttingen 1860, p. 105 ( archive.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Henke, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henke, Hermann Wilhelm Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, criminal scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1869
Place of death Braunschweig