Karl Schmidt (legal historian)
Karl Joseph Liborius Schmidt (born August 1, 1836 in Paderborn ; † April 7, 1894 in Colmar ) was a German legal historian.
life and work
Schmidt was born the son of the doctor Joseph Hermann Schmidt , his brother was the central politician Otto Schmidt . Schmidt was a councilor at the Higher Regional Court in Colmar and married to the daughter of the court president Friedrich Wilhelm Bleibtreu . He was best known for his extensive research on the ius primae noctis . His book, published in 1881, is regarded as the first neutral scientific work and to this day as one of the groundbreaking books on the subject. In 1877 he stood for the Center Party in the constituency of Trier, but was defeated there by the candidate of the German Reich Party .
Works
- Répertoire bibliographique strasbourgeois jusque vers 1530 . Heitz, 1893
- The children's confession according to national law in the German Empire . Herder, 1890
- The dispute over the jus primae noctis . Unger, 1884
- Jus primae noctis. A historical investigation . Herder, 1881
- Decisions by German courts of cassation as notes on the code d'instruction criminelle for Alsace-Lorraine, Rhine-Prussia, Rheinhessen and Rheinpfalz . 1878
swell
- Anger, Gunnar: Schmidt, Karl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-155-3 , Sp. 1289-1290.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henrty Spences Ashbee: Bibliography of Forbidden Books - Volume 3 . Cosimo, 2007, p. 26ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Karl Joseph Liborius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paderborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1894 |
| Place of death | Colmar |