Julius Lassen

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Julius Severin Vilhelm Lassen (born July 4, 1847 on Samsø ; † November 23, 1923 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish lawyer and founder of the more recent doctrine of the Code of Obligations .

Youth and career

His parents were the landlord Christian August Lassen and his wife Marie Elisabeth Margrethe Gram. In 1884 he married Therese Susanne Hvidt, daughter of the landowner Valdemar Hvidt in Frihedslund and his wife Mariane Elisabeth Henriette Lawætz.

In 1865 he began his law studies, which he completed in 1871. In 1872 he became a trainee in the Ministry of Justice. In 1880 he was "Fuldmægtig" in this ministry. From 1875 to 1877 he studied abroad, especially in Leipzig, Breslau and London, on criminal law and procedural issues. Before and after his stay abroad, he was a sought-after tutor . In 1879 he received his doctorate on the subject of Betingelserne for Forsøgets Strafbarhed (Conditions of the criminal liability of the experiment ). Immediately afterwards he switched to the area of Roman and Danish property law. In this way he gained the chair in this field after the sudden death of Professor Aagesen and became a professor in 1881. In the academic year 1904/05 he was the rector of the university. In 1918 he became examiner for the legal exam. In 1911 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kristiania University and in 1918 an honorary doctorate from Lund University .

Scientific work

At first he taught after the printed lectures of his predecessor. But as early as 1882 he published his new lectures under the title Om Retshandler i Almindelighed efter romersk Ret (On legal acts in general under Roman law). His research focus was the Danish law of obligations . In 1889 he wrote about the law of obligations, special section. In 1892 he published the general part of his Haandbog i Obligationsretten (manual of the law of obligations), a textbook and at the same time a reference work for practitioners. In 1912, in collaboration with Henry Ussing , he wrote the textbook on the law of obligations, special section. This work exerted a great influence on legal practice throughout the Scandinavian region and possessed almost the authority of a law. It also influenced all recent legislation in the field. He published important treatises on the law of obligations in both the Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (weekly legal journal ) and the Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab (legal journal): 1888 "Løfte og Accept" (offer and acceptance), 1889 " Condictio indebiti " according to Danish Law, 1890 "Proformaværk og Omgaaelser" ( sham business and bypassing), 1893 "Mangler ved Sælgerens Ydelse" (lack of performance of the seller) and 1894 "Berigelseskravet efter nordisk Vexellovs § 93" ( claim to enrichment according to § 93 of the Scandinavian bill of exchange law). In 1895 he was co-author of a draft check law.

At the Nordic legal meeting in Stockholm in 1896, Lassen gave a lecture on the subject of "Nordisk Checklov-givning". On November 16, 1899, Lassen gave a lecture “Ønskeligheden af ​​den danske borgerlige rets, særlig formuerettens kodification” (need for a codification of Danish civil law, especially property law). The goal should be a common Nordic code.

Throughout his life he fought for a common Nordic civil code. But his efforts failed in 1922 because of the Norwegian lawyer and politician Fredrik Stang .

As a professor, he was provost of the Regensen dormitory .

Another area of ​​his interest was botany . He left a rich collection of Samsø flora.

Selected works

  • Handlinger paå Fremdmed Formueretsomraade i romersk og dansk Ret (actions in the field of third-party property under Roman and German law) 1880
  • Nullitet og Anfægtelighed (nullity and contestability) (1899)
  • Nogle Bemærkninger om Proforma og Omgaaelse (A few remarks on the sham business and bypassing). In: Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen , 1890
  • Nordisk Cheeklovgivning (Scandinavian Check Legislation). In: Forhandlings-emne paa 8th nordiske Juristmøde i Stockholm 1896 (negotiation topic at the 8th Nordic Jurist Congress in Stockholm 1896)
  • Haandbog i Obligation Rescue. Special Del 1st Division 1884–1885. 3rd edition 1889. A supplement 1881 and 1889. Complete edition revised 1897.
  • Haandbog i Obligation Rescue. Alm. Del (manual of the law of obligations, general part) 1883; 2nd edition 1908.
  • Løfte og Akcépt (offer and acceptance). In: Tidskrift for Retsvidenskab 1888.
  • Om Retshandeler i Almindelighed efter romersk Ret (About legal acts in general under Roman law) 1892.
  • Forelæsninger over den romerske privatret (Lectures on Roman private law) 1904.
  • Lærebog i romersk privatret (Textbook of Roman Private Law) 1904. 2nd edition 1911, last edition March 2009.
  • Vilje og Declaration ved Afgivelse af formueretlige Tilsagn (Will and declaration for property commitments) 1905.
  • Køb og Salg (buying and selling) 1906, 3rd edition 1917.
  • Artistic Kreditorbegunstigelse (curious (?) Creditor favors ) in Tidskrift for Retsvidenskab XXX, 1917
  • Lærebog i Obligationsrettens specielle Del (textbook on the law of obligations, special part) 1912. 2nd edition with Henry Ussing 1919. Supplement 1921.
  • Nogle Bemærkninger om Definitioner i Retslitteraturen (Some comments on definitions in legal literature). In: Festskrift for earlier RA Wrede , 1921.
  • Together with Henra Ussing: Gave, Køb og Bytte (donation, purchase and exchange) 1923.

Remarks

The article is based on the Dansk biografisk lexikon . Other information is shown separately.

  1. "Fuldmægtig" was the lowest level in the hierarchy of an office.
  2. The property law (formueret) comprised compensation, contract, purchase and property law.
  3. a b c Dahl p. 487.
  4. Tamm p. 64.
  5. Tamm p. 199.
  6. Tamm p. 202.

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