Johann Heinrich Christian Erxleben

JHC Erxleben (silhouette)

Johann Heinrich Christian Erxleben (born April 14, 1753 in Quedlinburg , † April 19, 1811 in Marburg ) was a German legal scholar .

career path

In 1774, the prorector of the University of Göttingen, in his capacity as Imperial Count Palatinate, appointed Erxleben as an imperial notary; he then practiced as such in Celle and Göttingen . In 1778 he was at the University of Göttingen Dr. jur. PhD; he took over a private lectureship for civil and criminal law at this university, while he continued his legal practice.

In 1783 he became the fourth full professor of law at the University of Marburg , and in 1786 he received a seat and vote in the law faculty. In 1788 he became vice-rector and in 1795 vice-chancellor of the university. In 1797 he represented the university in the state parliament in Kassel. As early as 1788 he received the title of a secret judicial council.

His academic teaching focused on institutions and pundits , criminal law, church and marriage law and the procedural law associated with these.

Family and private

Erxleben is a son of the first German doctor Dorothea Christiane Erxleben and the deacon Johann Christian Erxleben (1697-1759). The Göttingen scientist and veterinarian Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben was his brother. He was married to the daughter of the Marburg lawyer and Chancellor of the University Aemilius Ludwig Hombergk zu Vach (1743–1780).

Erxleben was a member of the Marburg Freemason Lodge Zum krönten Löwen .

Fonts (selection)

• Principia de iure pignorum et hypothecarum. Marburg 1779.
• Explanation of the question: To what extent does the opportunity to commit a crime lessen the punishment of the same? According to the principles of general embarrassing law. Goettingen 1779.
• Potestas criminalis circa freqventiam delictorvm in disceptationem vocata . Marburg 1789.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder's basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. 17th volume. Edit v. Karl Wilhelm Justi . Marburg 1819, pp. 142-144. [1]
• Catalogus Professorum Academiae Marburgensis. The academic teachers of Philipps University from 1527 to 1910. Ed. Franz Gundlach. Elwert, Marburg 1927, p. 117.
• Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen:  Erxleben, Johann Heinrich Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 335.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Redies: Freemasons, Knights Templar and Rosicrucians: on the history of the secret societies in Marburg in the 18th century . Tectum, Marburg 1998, p. 82 ( Google Books )