Georg Engelbrecht the Younger

Georg Engelbrecht the Younger (born January 28, 1680 in Helmstedt , † October 1735 in Celle ) was a German lawyer , professor at the University of Helmstedt and senior appellant at the Celle Higher Appeal Court .

Live and act

Nothing is known about Engelbrecht's youth and studies. Like his father Georg Engelbrecht the Elder , his brother Christoph Johann Conrad Engelbrecht and his cousin Johann Wilhelm Engelbrecht , he first embarked on a scientific career and taught as a law professor in Helmstedt. In 1714 he gave up his scientific career and went to Celle . There he worked after a brief activity as a councilor from 1716 until his death in 1735 as a senior appellate councilor at the court of appeal.

In his writings, which were shaped by the theory of natural law , he dealt with, among other things, criminal law and mining law .

Works (selection)

• Dissertatio juridica de iudiciis metallicis, from Berg-Ämbtern, Berg-Gerichten , 1705

literature

• Wolfgang Lent: Engelbrecht, Georg (the younger) . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 202f. (with portrait picture) ISBN 3-937664-46-7
• Arthur Behse: The law faculty of the University of Helmstedt in the age of natural law . Verlag Zwitzler, Wolfenbüttel 1920, pp. 33-35, 151.
• Additional entry in * Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen:  Engelbrecht, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 130.