Johann Eisenhart (legal scholar)

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Johann Eisenhart (born October 18, 1643 in Erxleben , † May 9, 1707 in Helmstedt ) was a German legal scholar .

Life

Johann was the son of the preacher in Erxleben Andreas Eisenhart (* September 22, 1614 in Thamsbrück † November 3, 1663 in Erxleben) and his wife Emerentia (* 1619 in Salzwedel; † April 25, 1669 in Osterburg), the daughter of the Salzwedler school rector Gerhard Silemann and his wife Anna Strauss. After initial training by private teachers, he attended school in Osterburg (Altmark) , in 1657 the school in Tangermünde and the grammar school in Gotha . From 1663 he first studied philosophy at the University of Helmstedt before concentrating on legal studies.

In 1667 he was employed by the privy councilor and chancellor Heinrich Langenbeck (1603–1669) in Hanover and after his death he found a job at the princely archive in Hanover. In 1670 he continued his studies in Helmstedt, where he received a master's degree in philosophy in 1671 and a doctorate in law in 1675. He then gave private lectures and became an associate professor of law that same year . In 1678 he became professor of history and poetry at the philosophical faculty of the university, and in the same year he handed over the professorship of history to Heinrich Meibom (medical doctor) and the professorship of ethics.

In 1688 he moved to the Faculty of Law as professor of criminal law, was succeeded Johann Heinrich Bötticher (1638–1695) in 1695 professor of the Pandects and as successor to Georg Engelbrecht the Elder. Ä. Professor of the Code. Eisenhart had also participated in the organizational tasks of the Helmstedt University. He was Ephorus of the Princely Scholarship Holders, several times Dean of the Faculties and three times Vice Rector of the Alma Mater.

In his scientific works, Eisenhart, who was friends with Hermann Conring , dealt primarily with Roman private law and natural law . Overall, he is characterized as a "capable representative" of the Helmstedt Faculty of Law.

family

His marriage on July 5, 1677 to Maria Christina († 1686), daughter of the imperial councilor and assessor at the imperial court in Speyer Hulderich von Eyben (1629–1699) resulted in three sons and three daughters. The eldest son and daughter died before their father. The sons Johann Burchard Eisenhart and Christian Silemann Eisenhart are also known. His second marriage was on August 28, 1688 in Helmstedt with Catharina Maria, the youngest daughter of the professor of theology at the University of Helmstedt Gerhard Titius (1620–1681). The marriage produced five sons and five daughters. The daughter Anna Sophia Eisenhart († 1720) is known. He is the grandfather of Johann Friedrich Eisenhart .

Works

  • De fide historica commentarius: accessit oratio de coniungendis iurisprudentiae et historiarum studiis. Helmstedt 1680, 1702 ( [1] )
  • Institutiones Jurisprudentiae Doctrinae generales. Helmstedt 1683
  • Institutiones Scientiae Juris Naturalis in Moralis Philosophiae Doctrina. Helmstedt 1684
  • De Regali Metallifodinarum Jure. Helmstedt 1681
  • De usu Principiorum Moralis Philosopiae in Jure Civili condendo et interpretando. Helmstedt 1676
  • Manum Mortuam. Helmstedt 1693
  • De jure diplomatum. Helmstedt 1703
  • Dispositiones Methodicas Novellarum, Juris criminalis, Pandectarum et Codicis. (unprinted)

literature

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Lent: Eisenhart, Johannes. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 190 (with further references).
personal data
SURNAME Eisenhart, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eisenhart, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Experience
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1707
Place of death Helmstedt