Hozumi Nobushige

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Hozumi Nobushige

Hozumi Nobushige ( Japanese 穂 積 陳 重 ; * August 23, 1855 in Uwajima-Nakanomachi, Uwajima / Province Iyo (today: Kyōmachi, Uwajima , Ehime Prefecture ); † April 7, 1926 ) was a Japanese lawyer of the Meiji era and co-author of the Japanese Civil Code .

He was also a member of the manor house in the 1st Reichstag in 1890, baron (from 1915), member (from 1916) and president (from 1925) of the Privy Council , member and president (1917–1925) of the Imperial Academy .

Life

Hozumi Nobushige was born in Uwajima in 1855 as the son of a samurai . After studying Confucian literature at a local school, Hozumi went to Tokyo in 1871 and attended courses in law , French , English and Latin at the southern college, a precursor of the University of Tokyo . In 1876 he went to England with the support of the Japanese government and studied law there at the University of London . After his admission as Barrister at Law by the Inner Temple in 1879, Hozumi went on to Germany at his own request , where he attended courses in law at the University of Berlin .

After his return to Japan in 1881, Hozumi was a professor of the law faculty of the Imperial University of Tokyo whose dean he was shortly thereafter (1882-1886 and 1893-1895).

In 1893 Hozumi Nabushige was appointed to the newly formed Civil Law Commission in the course of the codification dispute between the legal school of the Japanese Ministry of Justice, which was shaped by French law , and the University of Tokyo, which was shaped by English law , on the Boissonadian draft of the Japanese Civil Code. Their draft for a Japanese civil code came into force in 1896 (general part, property and obligation law) and 1898 (family and inheritance law).

His younger brother Yatsuka ( 八 束 ; 1860-1912) was also a lawyer, also studied in Germany, became a member of the manor house in 1899 and headed the law faculty of the Imperial University of Tokyo. His eldest son Shigeto ( 重 遠 ; 1883-1951) was a lawyer, inherited the title of baron, headed the law faculty of the Imperial University of Tokyo, was a member of the manor in 1944 and after the Pacific War in 1949 a judge at the Supreme Court .

literature

  • Hans-Peter Marutschke: Contributions to modern Japanese legal history . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8305-1240-0 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Peter Marutschke: contributions to modern Japanese legal history . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8305-1240-0 , pp. 87 .
  2. ^ University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law: 歴 代 法学 部長
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Hozumi is the family name, Nobushige the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Hozumi, Nobushige
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 穂 積 陳 重 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Uwajima , Ehime Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1926