Karl Maynz

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Karl Gustav Johann Maynz (also Carl , Charles ) (born August 8, 1812 in Essen , † November 10, 1882 in Liège ) was a German lawyer and Belgian politician .

Life

Born as the son of a judiciary, Maynz attended high schools in Wesel and Essen before studying law in Bonn . During his studies in 1829 he became a member of the old Bonn fraternity , whose spokesman he was in the winter semester 1831/32 and in the summer semester 1832. Because of its Burschenschaft union activity, he was from the University relegated . In 1833 he was able to continue studying in Berlin with the consent of the King and the Prussian Ministry of Culture . He graduated in 1834. However, he was refused admission to the legal clerkship due to his membership in Bonn fraternity. To avoid imminent arrest, he fled to Liège , where he continued his legal training. After years of back and forth, he was finally pardoned in 1841. Maynz completed his studies in Liège and Ghent with the legal exams and worked as a lawyer in Zurich from 1835 to 1837 .

In 1838 he received a professorship at the Université libre de Bruxelles , where he took over the chair of Roman law until 1867 . In Brussels he also worked as a lawyer until 1865. Karl Marx was his client from 1845 to 1848 . In 1846 he was one of the founders of the Belgian Liberal Party. He wrote for the newspaper Le Débat Social and was a member of the democratic Association Démocratique . After the revolution of 1848 he left the political stage, but wrote articles for the Berliner National-Zeitung between 1852 and 1854 . In 1867 he became a professor at the University of Liège , where he taught until his death.

His work Élements de droit romain on Roman law , published in several editions, received international attention .

Publications (selection)

  • Elements de droit romain. Bruxelles 1845-1866. ( Online )

literature

personal data
SURNAME Maynz, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maynz, Karl Gustav Johann (full name); Maynz, Carl (alternative spelling); Maynz, Charles (alternate name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and Belgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1882
Place of death Liege