Heinrich Aemilius August Danz
Heinrich Aemilius August Danz , also Heinrich Emil August Danz , (born December 11, 1806 in Jena , † May 17, 1881 ibid) was a German legal scholar.
Life
Danz was born in Jena in 1806 as the son of the theologian and church historian Johann Traugott Leberecht Danz . From 1820 he attended the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium in Weimar and began studying law at the University of Jena in 1826 . In the field of law were Karl Wilhelm Schmid , Wilhelm von Schröter , Friedrich Ortloff and Christoph Martin . He also attended the medical lectures of Johann Christian Stark the Younger , he completed historical studies with Heinrich Luden , he attended philological lectures with Heinrich Karl Eichstädt and he got to know Greek and Roman antiquities from Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand . Three years later he continued his studies with Friedrich Carl von Savigny , Eduard Gans and Karl Gustav Homeyer at the University of Berlin .
Returning to Jena, he received his doctorate in law on August 3, 1831, completed his habilitation on September 5 of the same year at the Jena University and initially worked as a private lecturer. On September 2, 1834, he became an associate professor of law in Jena, in 1842 a full honorary professor and finally on October 5, 1843 a full professor of law, making him a member and councilor at the Higher Appeal Court. In the same year Danz was introduced to the Senate of the University of Jena. On July 26, 1861, Danz became full professor of the law faculty in Jena. He resigned from the Higher Appeal Court when it was dissolved on October 1, 1879. Until his death in 1881 he held the dean's office of the Faculty of Law 16 times and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semesters 1847, 1862, 1873 and in the summer semester 1857 .
Works (selection)
Danz mainly dealt with the history of Roman law .
- De litis contestatione quae fuit tempore legis actionum dissertatio. Jena 1831 ( online )
- Commentatio de externa codicillorum forma. Leipzig 1835
- Commentatio de Sabina conferreationis orgine. Jena 1844
- Textbook of the history of Roman law. For use during lectures. Leipzig 1840–1846, 2nd volume (1st volume online ; 2nd volume online ); 2nd edition 1871–1873 (1st volume online ; 2nd volume online )
- Sacred protection in Roman legal relations. Contributions to the history of the development of law among the Romans. Jena 1857 ( online )
- The effect of the forms of codification on substantive law, illustrated by examples from the drafts of the civil code for the Kingdom of Saxony. Leipzig 1861 ( online )
- From Rome and Byzantium. Lectures. Weimar 1867 ( online )
literature
- Albert Teichmann : Danz, August Heinrich Emil . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 623.
- Heinrich Emil August Danz . In: Volker Wahl: The photo album of the academic senate members from 1858 . Friedrich Schiller University, Jena 1983, pp. 58–59.
- Karl Ernst Schmid: Progr. De ordinationis provincialis Hennebergicae origine fontibus et auctoritate. Jena 1831 (dean's program for the doctorate of August Heinrich Aemilius Danz, online )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Danz, Heinrich Aemilius August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Danz, August Heinrich Emil; Verus, Lucius (pseudonym); Danz, Augustus Henricus Aemilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1881 |
| Place of death | Jena |