Heinrich Escher (legal scholar)

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Heinrich Escher (vom Glas) (born April 23, 1789 in Zurich ; † February 9, 1870 in Hottingen (City of Zurich) ) was a Swiss lawyer, politician and legal scholar.

biography

After school and legal training in Switzerland and a stay in Paris, Heinrich Escher studied law at the University of Heidelberg. In 1809 he became a member of the Corps Rhenania and in 1811 of the Corps Helvetia. After his return to Zurich he was public prosecutor from 1812 to 1819. From 1819 to 1831 he was senior magistrate in Grüningen and at the same time Zurich Grand Councilor . From 1831 to 1833 he was President of the Criminal Court and from 1833 from 1839 Councilor of the Canton of Zurich. He then worked as a lawyer.

In addition, he was active in legal teaching. From 1812 to 1819 and from 1831 to 1833 he was a lecturer at the Political Institute and from 1833 to 1870 associate professor for law at the University of Zurich . He was also from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1837 editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung .

Escher was considered the most versatile but also the most idiosyncratic legal scholar in the canton of Zurich. In 1819 he was commissioned to draw up a criminal code and a code of criminal procedure for the canton.

Awards

  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich, 1852

Fonts

  • On the philosophy of constitutional law, with special reference to Haller's Restoration , 1821
  • Four treatises on subjects of criminal law , 1822
  • The doctrine of criminal fraud and forgery according to Roman, English and French law and the more recent German legislation , 1840
  • The new phoenix period in political science , 1848
  • Handbook of Practical Politics , Volume 1 1863, Volume 2 1864

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 119 , 108
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 115 , 5

See also

personal data
SURNAME Escher, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Escher, Heinrich (from the glass)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer, politician and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1870
Place of death Hottingen (City of Zurich)