Josef Schey from Koromla
Josef Freiherr Schey von Koromla (born March 16, 1853 in Vienna ; † January 18, 1938 there ) was an Austrian law scholar and university professor.
Life
Josef Schey von Koromla was the son of the Jewish banker, wholesaler and patron Friedrich Freiherr Schey von Koromla and his fourth wife Hermine, née Landauer (1822–1902). His great uncle was the wholesaler and philanthropist Philipp Freiherr Schey von Koromla (1798–1881).
Schey von Koromla attended the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna from 1862 to 1870 . From 1870 to 1875 he studied law at the University of Vienna as well as in Berlin and Bonn and received his doctorate in Vienna in 1875. From 1877 he was active in the Lower Austrian Financial Procuratorate .; In the same year he completed his habilitation with the work on the history of the actio Pauliana and the interdictum fraudatorium at the University of Vienna.
From 1882 he worked in the Ministry of Culture and Education and received the title of extraordinary professor in the same year. From 1884 he taught as an associate professor for Roman law and Austrian private law at the University of Vienna, where he became a full professor in 1885. At the University of Graz he taught Roman law from 1885, in 1893 he took over the chair for Austrian civil law and was dean of the legal faculty in 1889/1890 .
In 1897 he returned to the University of Vienna as professor of Austrian civil law and was Dean of the Faculty there in 1900/1901 and 1910/1911. In 1903 he was appointed court counselor and in 1907 a member of the manor of the Reichsrat for life. In 1925 he became a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . In 1925 he retired, but continued to teach as an honorary professor until 1933.
Schey von Koromla was awarded honorary doctorates from the universities of Graz (1923) and Vienna (1935).
From his marriage to Henriette Lang (* October 7, 1856, † December 4, 1934) he had three sons and two daughters. He rests in the Israelite section of the Vienna Central Cemetery .
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Schey von Koromla was influenced in his youth by the pandectism of his brother-in-law and teacher Joseph Unger , but later broke away from the Roman school doctrine.
From 1890 he published his main work, The Obligation Relationships of Austrian General Private Law . From 1904 he was a member of the commission for the renewal of the General Civil Code (ABGB) of 1811, where he took over the areas of the law of obligations and lien and instead of a complete revision proposed the renewal through partial amendments. In 1912 he presented a draft as general advisor to the commission, which was implemented with minor changes by 1916. He edited the Manz'sche ABGB edition and was co-editor of the collection of civil law decisions of the Imperial and Royal Supreme Court .
After the First World War , he worked on behalf of the government as an arbitrator at international arbitration tribunals in Paris and London, which were established under the Treaty of Saint-Germain . For example, he represented the Austrian claim against Belgium's claim to reparation for cultural goods, including the treasure of the Order of the Golden Fleece . In doing so, he managed to reach an amicable agreement.
literature
- Schey from Koromla Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994,ISBN 3-7001-2186-5, p. 101.
- Elisabeth Berger: Schey von Koromla, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 719 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Gunter Wesener : Roman Law and Natural Law (= History of the Law Faculty of the University of Graz, Part 1), Graz 1978, pp. 67–69
- Gunter Wesener: Austrian Private Law at the University of Graz (= History of the Law Faculty of the University of Graz, Part 4), Graz 2002, pp. 52–56
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Schey von Koromla in the catalog of the German National Library
- University professor Dr. Josef Freiherr v. Schey †. In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt , January 19, 1938, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
- Schey, Josef Freiherr von Koromla Dr. iur. . Short biography on the website of the Austrian Parliament
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schey von Koromla, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schey, Josef; Schey von Koromla, Josef Freiherr (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian legal scholar and member of the manor house |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1938 |
| Place of death | Vienna |