Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Grolman

Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Grolman , von Grolmann since 1812 , (born July 23, 1775 in Gießen , † February 14, 1829 in Darmstadt ) was a German lawyer and politician in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.

Life

Grolman's parents were the Hessian privy councilor Adolf Ludwig Grolman (1722–1795) and his wife Anna Sophie nee. von Rauen (1744-1827). Grolman enrolled on September 25, 1791 as a law student at the University of Giessen . He later moved to the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen . In Giessen he became a member of the Order of Harmonists and the Corps Franconia (1792). Grolman completed his habilitation in Giessen in 1795. He became associate professor there in 1798 and full professor of law in 1800 . In 1804 he was appointed appellate judge . From 1810 to 1812 he was the rector of the university and from 1815 to 1820 he was the university chancellor . Throughout his life he was considered a good friend, but a scientific opponent of Paul von Feuerbach , because Grolman rejected the theory of psychological coercion in criminal law. 1812 ennobled , he was since 1816 in Darmstadt Chairman of the Law Commission of the Grand Duchy of Hesse since 1819 Minister of State and Minister of the Interior since 1821 as the judiciary and prime minister. He died as a real Hessian. Privy councilor.

family

He was married to Emilie Katharina Maria Sophie van de Wall (1775-1828) since April 1, 1798. The couple had five sons and five daughters, two sons and one daughter of whom died young, including:

August von Grolman (1805–1848), Professor of Law in Giessen
Eduard von Grolman (1812–1890), Grand Ducal Hessian Lieutenant General and Minister of War
Wilhelmine ∞ Friedrich von Hombergk zu Vach († 1858), President of the Court of Justice

Works

Principles of the science of criminal law together with a systematic presentation of the spirit of German criminal law. Giessen 1798, 4th edition 1825.
- Reprint of the 4th, verb. Aufl. Gießen, Heyer, 1825. Goldbach: Keip, 1996. (Library of German Criminal Law: Masters of Modernism; 30) ISBN 3-8051-0366-2 .
Theory of judicial process in civil litigation. Giessen 1800, 5th edition 1826.
Extensive manual on the Code Napoleon : Designed for the use of scientifically educated German businessmen. Heyer, Gießen 1810–12, full text online . In: Digital Collection of Private Law of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIER), Frankfurt am Main 2002.

literature

Mario A. Cattaneo: Karl Grolman's criminal humanism. Translated from the Italian by Thomas Vormbaum. (Contemporary legal history: Section 4, Life and Work; 1). Nomos, Baden-Baden and BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-7890-5737-1 (Nomos), ISBN 3-8305-0409-8 (BWV).
Friedrich Knöpp: Grolman, Carl Ludwig Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 122 f. ( Digitized version ).
Albert Teichmann : Grolman, Carl von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 713 f.

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Grolman in the catalog of the German National Library
Grolman, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Grolman in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 46 (2001), p. 127.
^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 49/46.
↑ Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 7 (1962), p. 64.

personal data
SURNAME	Grolman, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Grolman, Carl Ludwig Wilhelm von; Grolmann, Carl von; Grolmann, Karl von; Grolmann, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	jurist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH	to water
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1829
Place of death	Darmstadt

[1] Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 46 (2001), p. 127.

[2] Kösener corps lists 1910, 49/46.

[3] Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 7 (1962), p. 64.