Karl August Tittmann

Karl August Tittmann (born September 12, 1775 in Wittenberg , † June 14, 1834 in Dresden ) was a German lawyer and Saxon civil servant.

Life

Born as the son of the Wittenberg general superintendent at the city ​​church Karl Christian Tittmann , Karl August first attended the city school in his hometown. In 1793 he moved to the University of Leipzig where he devoted himself to studying law and in 1795 wrote the treatise “de delictis in vices mentis humanae commissis”. In the same year he moved to the University of Göttingen and wrote the treatise “de ambitu et limitibus juris supreamae inspectionis e natura et principiis juris etc. ponendis” under Georg Jacob Friedrich Meister , which was also awarded a prize.

When he returned to Leipzig, he earned his master's degree and from then on held lectures at the university. Above all, he concentrated on constitutional law and published in this context the “Experiment on the Scientific Treatment of Embarrassing Law” in 1798 and the “Basics of Constitutional Law and German Criminal Law” At the request of his parents, he went to Dresden as a senior consistorial councilor 1807 Saxon Court and Justice Council and in 1812 appointed secret trainee lawyer. In Dresden he continued his publishing activities, wrote 4 volumes of the “Handbuch der Strafrechtswwissenschaft und Strafrechtskunde”, furthermore in 1813 the “Draft of a Criminal Code for the Kingdom of Saxony”, also in 1813 “About Distribution of the Billing Burden” and 1814 “Legal Remarks on Law of conquest and acquisition in war ”.

When the Saxon King Friedrich August I was released from prison after the Wars of Liberation , Tittmann was honored with the Saxon Order of Civil Merit. On the 50th anniversary of his father's service, in 1817 he published the congratulatory book "The administration of criminal justice in consideration of international law with special reference to the German federal states". Due to health problems, he went to health resorts more often. On these trips, among other things, a paperback for spa guests was created in 1825 under the title "Pyrmont". In 1831 he was retired for health reasons, subject to further use. In 1832 the draft of a press law was assigned to him. For his sons he wrote the "Rules on the behavior of students when learning science at the university" and his last work in 1833 dealt with the "History of the German Penal Laws". After his death, because of his services, he was buried in the council crypt of the Elias cemetery, just like his father Karl Christian Tittmann and later his brother Friedrich Wilhelm Tittmann . Tittmannstrasse in the Striesen district of Dresden was named in honor of the family, not an individual.

Works (selection)

• "De delictis in vices mentis humanae commissis" Leipzig 1795
• "De ambitu et limitibus juris supreamae inspectionis e natura et principiis juris etc. ponendis", Göttingen
• “Handbook of Criminal Law Science and Criminal Law” 4 volumes Halle 1807; 2nd edition 3 volumes 1822
• "About the limits of philosophizing in a system of criminal law and criminal law", Leipzig 1802
• "Draft of a penal code for the Kingdom of Saxony" 2nd volumes Meißen 1813
• “About distribution of the billing burden” Dresden 1813
• “Legal Remarks on the Right of Conquest and Acquisition in War” 1814
• "The administration of criminal justice in consideration of international law with special reference to the German federal states" Dresden 1817
• "Pyrmont" Meißen 1825
• "Rules about the behavior of students when learning science at the university", Halle 1831
• "History of the German Criminal Laws", Leipzig 1833

literature

• Christoph Johann Gottfried Heymann: Dresden's recently deceased writers and artists, some of whom are still alive. Waltherische Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden, 1809, p. 78.
• Johann August Ritter von Eisenhart :  Tittmann, Karl August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 388 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl August Tittmann in the catalog of the German National Library