Johann Ulrich von Cramer

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Johann Ulrich von Cramer

Johann Ulrich von Cramer , also Kramer , (born November 8, 1706 in Ulm , † June 18, 1772 in Wetzlar ) was a German lawyer and philosopher . He was one of the most important legal scholars in the middle of the 18th century. From 1752 until his death, Cramer was an assessor at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar.

Life

family

Johann Ulrich Freiherr von Cramer came from an old Ulm councilor, pastor and civil servant family. His father Johann Albrecht Cramer (* 1682; † 1753) was a businessman and a member of the city council and chief judge in Ulm. His mother Susanne Regine (* 1686; † 1759) was the daughter of the Ulm merchant and councilor Wolfgang Thomas Schellenberger.

Professional background

Johann Ulrich first attended high school in his hometown. From 1726 he studied law at the University of Marburg , but also dealt with philosophy and mathematics. One of his professors in Marburg was Christian Wolff , with whom he was close friends. In 1731 Cramer became a master of philosophy, doctor of both rights , associate professor and from 1733 full professor of law in Marburg. One of his students was Daniel Nettelbladt , whom he strongly influenced with his ideas. 1740 Cramer became the landgräflich Hesse-kasseler Councilor appointed and two years later in the imperial Reichshofrat to Frankfurt am Main appointed. As early as 1741 he received the imperial nobility as Edler von Cramer.

1745, after the death of Emperor Charles VII. , Cramer assessor of the Reich Vicariate-manorial court to was Munich and at the same time by the Elector of Bavaria during his kingdom Vicariate in the realm baron conditions applicable. In the same year, after Franz I Stephan was elected Roman-German Emperor, he returned to Marburg , but initially did not receive any public office. It was not until 1752, following the presentation of the Franconian Circle, that he took up a position as an assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar. In 1765 he exchanged the same with the Brandenburg assessor position, in which he remained until his death. In 1760 he was accepted into the Rhenish knighthood of the knight canton Wetterau . By applying Wolff's philosophy to law, he founded the so-called demonstrative or mathematical teaching method. His numerous writings concern all areas of jurisprudence, but above all German constitutional and princely law. They give a clear picture of the practice of the two highest imperial courts. Among the literary members of the Imperial Chamber Court in the second half of the 18th century, Cramer was not only the most active, but also the most important. He had considerable influence on the judges at the Imperial Court of Justice.

Johann Ulrich Freiherr von Cramer died on June 18, 1772, at the age of 65, in Wetzlar. He was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 1759 .

Marriage and offspring

Cramer married Katharina Juliana (* 1706, † 1773) in Marburg in 1734, the daughter of David von Hein, court judge in Marburg, and his wife Amalia Catharina, née von Pfreundt. Susanne Amalie († 1765), a daughter of the couple, married the electoral Palatinate privy councilor Gerhard Wilhelm von Cronenberg. Her brother Johann Albrecht David Freiherr von Cramer was initially a member of the Electoral Palatinate government council in Sulzbach and later, in the same position as his father, an imperial court judge in Wetzlar. He was able to continue the male line with four sons.

Works

Specimen novum intellectus legum profundius eruendi , 1732

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personal data
SURNAME Cramer, Johann Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cramer, Johann Ulrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1772
Place of death Wetzlar