Joël Emanuel Goudsmit

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Joël Emanuel Goudsmit

Joël Emanuel Goudsmit also: Joel Emmanuel Goudsmit (born June 13, 1813 in Leiden ; † March 17, 1882 ibid) was a Dutch legal scholar.

Life

The son of Emanuel Levie Goudsmit (* 1785 in Rijssen, † November 16, 1872 in New York) and his wife Aleida (Alida, Alijda) Joseph van Raalte (* July 24, 1791 in Deventer, † in New York) was his Parents raised strictly Jewish. During his first training period he devoted himself to the study of classical literature and in 1829 moved to the University of Leiden . It was here that Cornelis Jacobus van Assen had a great influence on him. He also attended the lectures of Johan Rudolf Thorbecke and then concentrated on studying Roman law. As a student he had striven for the unity of the student groups and had given lectures on Roman law. On May 12, 1842 he received his doctorate with the treatise De notis Pauli et Ulpiani in Papinianum to the doctor of law. He then worked as a lawyer in Leiden. As a city attorney, he had won several lawsuits and had also written legal papers. On December 31, 1858, he was appointed professor of law at the Leiden Academy by royal resolution, with the teaching assignment for Roman law. On March 25, 1859, he gave his inaugural address de studio iuris romani hac quoque aetate in patria nostra excolendo .

He was the first Jewish Dutchman to teach at the Leiden University. His life's work consisted in bringing a uniform order into Roman law. In 1862 he received honorable appointments to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam , the Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Law in Madrid . He also became a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . In 1861 he became a member of the local council in Leiden and other institutions there. Here he also became co-founder and chairman of the Dutch Lawyers Association. In 1873 he made a trip to the USA, which travel impressions he published. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the alma mater in 1870/71 . He put this task down with the speech de variis causis quibus fit, ut populorum leges ab eorum moribus discrepent . His main work is his pandect system, of which the first part appeared in 1866, the second sequel followed in 1880 and the third sequel could no longer be completed. He was chairman of the board of trustees and examinations committee of the Dutch Israelite seminary. He also stood up for the Jews persecuted in Romania. He died of a nervous disease.

family

From his with Renetta Netje Vos (* July 27, 1822 in Leiden, † November 30, 1911 ibid), the daughter of Benjamin Hartog Vos (1797–1868) and his wife Geertruida Izak van Raalte (1803–1857), on 21. The marriage entered into on August 1844, had fifteen children, ten of whom survived him. From the children we know:

  • Marinus Theodorus Goudsmit (born November 18, 1846 in Leiden, † June 26, 1891 in Utrecht)
  • Boudewijn Casper Goudsmit (born June 3, 1849 in Leiden, † April 15, 1915 in Zutphen)
  • Helena Geertruida Goudsmit (born June 5, 1851 in Leiden, † July 9, 1928)
  • Frederik Carel Henri Goudsmit (born September 4, 1852 in Leiden, † 1936 in New York)
  • Eduard Maurits Goudsmit (* February 15, 1854 in Leiden, † March 5, 1854 ibid)
  • Henri Rudolf Goudsmit (born January 14, 1856 in Leiden, † April 14, 2931 in Amsterdam)
  • Ferdinand Gerardus Goudsmit (born October 29, 1857 in Leiden, † December 6, 1900 in England)
  • Cornelis Julius Goudsmit (born November 25, 1858 in Leiden, † June 27, 1922 in Bloemendaal)
  • Geertruida Theresa Goudsmit (* April 21, 1860 in Leiden, † May 21, 1922 ibid)
  • Elisabeth Henriette Goudsmit (* August 8, 1861 in Leiden, † January 3, 1862 ibid)
  • Jan Herman Goudsmit (born January 3, 1863 in Leiden)
  • Jet Goudsmit (born August 7, 1864 in Leiden)
  • Alexander Lodewijk Goudsmit (* March 7, 1866 in Leiden, † December 13, 1875 there)

Works (selection)

  • Diss. Iur. Inaug. de notis Pauli et Ulpiani ad Papinianum. Leiden 1842
  • Burgerlijk regts en regtsvordering. Over de following the doorhaling van eene hypothecaire insschrijving, en de bevoegdheid van hypotheekbewaarders om eene gevorderde doorhaling te refuse. 1843
  • Oratio de Studio Juris Romani Hac Quoque Aetate in Patria Nostra Excolendo. Leiden 1859 ( online ) translated into Dutch by BH Pekelharing: Redevoering over de vraag: Waartoe serves in the separate tijd de Beoefening van het Romeinische Regt in Nederland? Haarlem 1864 ( online )
  • Over: GA Faber. Dissertatio juridica inauguralis continens annotationem in Codicis Civilis Belgici libri secundi Tit. Sec. - Lugd. Bat. 1845. Leiden 1860
  • Toespraak van Mr. JE Goudsmit aan zijne leerlingen the liesheid van de opening zijner lessen over de Instituten van Het Romeinische Regt. Leiden 1864 ( Online )
  • Over het regt en de actie van den legataris, volgens de Nederlandsche wetgeving. The Hague 1861 ( online )
  • Open letter to Mr. JJL van der Brugghen, oud Minister van Justitie. Leiden 1863 ( online )
  • Pandecten-systeem. Leiden 1866 ( online )
  • Letter from Mr. JE Goudsmit, hoogleeraar te Leiden to Mr. CW Opzoomer , Hoogleeraar te Utrecht. After a discussion of a work by Prof. Büchel on the nature of property. Leiden 1868; German translation by S. Sutro: Büchel's Ueber der Natur desbesitz. Utrecht 1868 ( online )
  • Critical aanteekeningen op Gajus. Naar aanleiding van de laatste vergelijking van het Veronese manuscript. 1875; German translation by S. Sutro: Studemund's comparison of the Veronese manuscript. Critical remarks on Gaius. Utrecht 1870, 1875
  • Oratio de variis causis quibus fit, ut populorum leges ab eorum moribus Discrepent. Leiden 1871 ( online )
  • Théorie des Pandectes. Leiden 1872; English translation by R. de Tracy Gould: The Pandects: A Treatise On The Roman Law And Upon Its Connection With modern Legalization. 1873, New Jersey 2005 ( online sample )
  • Aanteekeningen op het Burgerlijk wetboek. Amsterdam 1875
  • Connected. 1880

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personal data
SURNAME Goudsmit, Joël Emanuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goudsmit, Joel Emmanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1882
Place of death Suffer