Joseph Aloys August Partsch

Joseph Aloys August Partsch (born September 2, 1882 in Breslau ; † March 30, 1925 in Geneva ) was a German professor of Roman and civil law at the universities of Geneva, Göttingen, Freiburg, Bonn and Berlin. He was the son of the geographer Joseph Partsch .

From 1900 Partsch studied law in Breslau, Geneva and Leipzig. In 1904 he received his doctorate from the University of Wroclaw . In 1906 the only twenty-three-year-old was appointed associate professor at the University of Geneva without prior habilitation , and in 1910 he went to the University of Göttingen as a full professor . In 1911 he moved to the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , in 1920 he became a full professor at the University of Bonn and in 1921 he took over a professorship at the University of Berlin . He held this office until his untimely death. In 1914 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Scientifically, Partsch dealt primarily with ancient Greek law, papyrology and comparative law . At Freiburg University he spent years together with Otto Lenel , with whom he worked closely. He later advised and represented the German government in arbitration negotiations under the Versailles Treaty .

His son Karl Josef Partsch also worked as a lawyer and legal scientist.

Fonts (selection)

• The written formula in the Roman provincial trials, Breslau 1905 (diss.)
• The longi temporis praescriptio in classical Roman law, Leipzig 1906
• Greek guarantee law, Leipzig / Berlin 1909

literature

• Rudolf Meyer-Pritzl:  Partsch, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 78 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Rudolf Meyer Pritzl: The legal historian and pioneer of modern comparative law Josef Partsch . In: Journal for European Private Law . Volume 7, 1999, pp. 47-74.
• Adalbert Erler: Partsch, Joseph . In: Concise dictionary on German legal history . 1st edition 1984, Volume V, Sp. 1525-1527.
• Fritz Pringsheim: Joseph Partsch. In: Freiburger Universitätsblätter, issue 7 / February 1965, Verlag Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau, pp. 61-69 (Obituary from Pringsheim on Partsch and a report by Partsch in the form of a letter to his parents about his trip to Italy in 1922).

Web links

• Literature by and about Joseph Aloys August Partsch in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 185.
2. ↑ Otto Lenel : ZSS (Romance Department) , 45, 1925, XIV.
3. ↑ Reinhard Zimmermann : Today's Law, Roman Law and Today's Roman Law . In: Reinhard Zimmermann u. a. (Ed.): Legal history and private law dogmatics. CF Müller, Heidelberg 1999, pp. 1-39 (20).