Hugo Böhlau

Hugo Heinrich Albrecht Böhlau (born January 4, 1833 in Halle (Saale) , † February 24, 1887 in Werneck ) was a German legal scholar.

Life

Hugo Böhlau studied law from 1850 to 1853 at the Friedrichs-Universität Halle , the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . Since 1851 he was a member of the Corps Borussia Halle and the Corps Vandalia Heidelberg . After completing his doctorate in Halle in 1853 and training as an auscultator in Magdeburg and Erfurt , Böhlau completed his habilitation in Halle in 1855. Appointed associate professor for criminal law in Halle in 1859 , he followed the call of the Royal University of Greifswald to her chair in 1862 . In the following year he switched to the chair for criminal and procedural law at the University of Rostock . For almost two decades, Böhlau devoted himself to German law and the legal history of Mecklenburg. In addition to his seat on the legal examination commission, Hugo Böhlau was a professor at the Spruchfakultät and worked as an assessor perpetuus in the administration of the University of Rostock. For the academic years 1874/75 and 1878/79 Böhlau was elected Rector of the University of Rostock. In 1882 he accepted the call to the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . He fell ill a little later and had to stop teaching in 1885. In 1886 he went to the care and nursing home of Werneck , where he died in 1887 at the age of 54.

Mecklenburg Land Law . 1872; 1880.
Journal of Legal History . 1861-1878.
Lectures on criminal law. The penalties of Mecklenburg practice . 1863.
Treasury. State and state property in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . 1877.
The solitary confinement in Prussia. A criticism . 1861.

Heitz, Gerhard, in: Angela Hartwig, Tilmann Schmidt (ed.): The rectors of the University of Rostock. 1419–2000 (contributions to the history of the University of Rostock; issue 23). Universitätsdruckerei Rostock-Universitätsarchiv 2000. ISBN 3-86009-173-5 .
Rudolf Huebner : Böhlau, Hugo . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 68-73.

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personal data
SURNAME	Böhlau, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Böhlau, Hugo Heinrich Albrecht (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	January 4, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH	February 24, 1887
Place of death	Werneck