Emile van Dievoet

Coat of arms of Baron Emile van Dievoet

Emile van Dievoet (with full name Emile Josse van Dievoet , also Emiel van Dievoet ; born June 10, 1886 in Sint-Katherina-Lombeek , † June 24, 1967 in Leuven ) was a Belgian lawyer and politician .

Life

Emile van Dievoet was the son of a blacksmith who also ran an inn. His talent enabled him to attend high school . He studied law and political science at the Catholic University of Leuven . In 1912 he was promoted to Dr. jur. and a year later to Dr. rer. pole. PhD . After completing two doctorates, he was initially a legal counsel in the insurance industry .

From 1919 to 1954 Van Dievoet was professor of law and political science at the Catholic University of Leuven. He was one of the first professors to give himself the freedom to give lectures in Dutch at this university, which at the time was all teaching in French . He contributed significantly to the fact that Dutch came into use in the Belgian administration of justice . By breaking the dominance of French in the courts and in the legal profession , access to the judiciary was made easier for those who did not speak French. Van Dievoet was a member of the Commission for the Translation of Codes and Laws set up by the Belgian government in 1923 ( Commissie, laden met de voorbereiding van de Nederlandse tekst van de Grondwet, de Wetboeken en de voornaamste Wetten en besluiten ); from 1954 until his death he was its chairman. From 1935 to 1964 he was chairman of the Flemish Lawyers Association ( Vlaamse Juristenvereniging ).

Emile van Dievoet was involved in the Federatie van Katholieke Kringen en Conservatieve Verenigingen and in the Katholieke Partij (since 1921: Katholiek Verbond , also known as Katholieke Unie ). From 1919 to 1936 he was a member of the Belgian parliament . In 1931/1932 he was Minister of Agriculture and in 1939 Minister of Justice.

Honors

On March 17, 1967, King Baudouin granted Emile van Dievoet hereditary nobility .

The Universities of Utrecht and Nijmegen awarded Emile van Dievoet an honorary doctorate .

literature

• Literature by and about Emile van Dievoet in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Johan Abts, Sharon Vynck: Emile Van Dievoet . In: Onderzoekssteunpunt en databank intermediaire structuren in Vlaanderen, 19e-20e eeuw (ODIS), accessed on July 19, 2018.
2. ↑ Joannes Marijnen: Nieuwe tendenties in het Vlaamsche right Leven . In: Het Vlaamsche Land , July 1, 1943.
3. ↑ Fernand Van Goethem: Prof. Em. Van Dievoet . In: Ons Volk Ontwaakt , February 6, 1927, pp. 82–84.
4. ↑ Oscar Coomans de Branchène: Etat présent de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique . Brussels, vol. 1987, pp. 361-362.