Friedrich Julius Kühns

Portrait relief on the tombstone

Friedrich Julius Kühns (born April 12, 1830 in Berlin ; † March 12, 1869 Berlin) was a German lawyer .

Life

After classical education at the Joachimsthaler Gymnasium , study of law at the University of Berlin and doctorate , he decided to pursue an academic career. In 1858 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer at Berlin University and was appointed associate professor in 1868. He was particularly interested in questions of copyright law , on which he published several works and for which he was involved in the drafting of legal templates. He died at the age of 38 without being able to experience his desire for a general German law on copyright to be passed. He found his final resting place after being reburied in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

• De intertatione. Dissertation. Berlin 1855.
• with Alexander von Daniels , Franz von Gruben: legal monuments of the German Middle Ages. 2 volumes. Berlin 1858–1863.
• Legal protection for works of fine art. Memorandum in the name of the German Art Association. Berlin 1861.
• Draft law of the German Art Association concerning the right of the author to works of fine art. Berlin 1864.
• History of the court system and the process in the Mark Brandenburg from the 10th to the 15th century. 2 volumes. Berlin 1865-1867.
• The importance of the change for business. Berlin 1866.
• with Heinrich Wuttke: Memorandum on intellectual property, published on the resolution of the German Writers' Day on August 20, 1865. Berlin 1866.
• About the origin and essence of feudalism. Berlin 1869.
• The fault of the compulsory pilot. In: Journal for the entire commercial law, Volume 12, pages 421-431. Ferdinand Enke, Erlangen 1868.

literature

• Albert Teichmann :  Kühns, Friedrich Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 357 f.

Web links

• Works by and about Friedrich Julius Kühns  in the German Digital Library