Franz von Zeiller

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Franz von Zeiller

Franz Zeiller , since 1797 Edler von Zeiller (born January 14, 1751 in Graz , † August 23, 1828 in Vienna ) was an Austrian lawyer and from 1803 to 1807 rector of the University of Vienna . In 1802 he was court advisor to the Supreme Judicial Office.

Life

Franz Anton Felix von Zeiller, along with his teacher Karl Anton von Martini (1726–1800), is the most important representative of the law of reason in the Habsburg monarchy . Both linked the Ius Romano-Germanicum with natural law . Both have placed the law of reason at the service of the private law codification and thus made it useful in practice.

Franz von Zeiller is considered to be the creator of the General Civil Code ( ABGB ) from 1811 and the juridical-political study regulations from 1810, and he was also the consultant for Part 1 of the Criminal Code from 1803.

He was buried in the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna in an honorary grave (group 3, number 1).

In 1894, Zeillergasse was named after him in Vienna- Ottakring (16th district) and Hernals (17th district) .

The Franz von Zeiller Moot Court competition based on civil law has been held since 2003 .

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Zeiller, Franz Alois Edler von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1890, pp. 283–287 ( digitized version ).
  • Walter Selb , Herbert Hofmeister (Eds.), Research Volume Franz von Zeiller (1751-1828). Contributions to the history of legislation and science . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna - Graz - Cologne 1980 ISBN 3-205-07004-6 .
  • Joseph F. Desput, Gernot Kocher (ed.): Franz von Zeiller. Symposium of the Law Faculty of the University of Graz and the Styrian State Library on November 30, 2001 on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birthday (work on law, history and politics in Europe 3), Graz 2003.
  • Gabor Hamza: Origin and development of modern private legal systems and the codification of Roman law . Eotvos University Press, Budapest 2009, ISBN 978-963-284-095-6 , pp. 216-227.
  • Bernd Schilcher : Franz Anton von Zeiller as legislator and founder of a civil legal culture. In: Karl Acham (ed.): Law, social and economic sciences from Graz. Between empirical analysis and normative instructions for action: findings from the history of science from three centuries. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna a. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78467-8 , pp. 289-312.
  • Franz L. Fillafer: Franz von Zeiller and Kantianism in jurisprudence , in: Violetta L. Waibel (ed.), Detours. Approaches to Immanuel Kant in Vienna, Austria and Eastern Europe, Göttingen, Vienna: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2015, ISBN 978-3-8471-0480-3 , pp. 83–94
  • Christian Neschwara: News about Franz von Zeiller (1751–1828) , in: Association of Austrian Historians and History Associations in cooperation with the Lower Austrian State Archives (ed.), 26th Austrian Historians' Day Krems / Stein 2012. Conference report, St. Pölten 2015, 272 -284.

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personal data
SURNAME Zeiller, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeiller, Franz Anton Felix Edler from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and rector of the University of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH 23 August 1828
Place of death Vienna