Kaspar Denich

Kaspar Denich (also Caspar Denich ; * 1591 in Ingolstadt ; † January 2, 1660 ibid) was a German legal scholar and university professor.

Life

Kaspar Denich was born in Ingolstadt in 1591 as the son of law professors Joachim and Maria Denich (née Lagus) . His maternal grandfather was the legal scholar Caspar Lagus , a younger brother was the Regensburg auxiliary bishop Sebastian Denich .

In 1612 Kaspar Denich received his doctorate in law. Studies in Italy followed. In 1614 he finally became an associate professor at the University of Ingolstadt and in 1616 a full professor . Around 1618 he took in the talented but penniless Johann Adlzreiter von Tettenweis as a trainee and made it possible for him to complete his legal studies.

1620 Denich took over the office of the university treasurer . From 1623 he was appointed full professor for institutional studies . From 1624 he taught the Pandects and in 1634 took over a professorship for canon law . The Rector held Kaspar Denich 1643 and 1650. From 1644 he was relieved of some university duties due to his poor health and focused until his retirement in 1655 entirely on teaching.

Kaspar Denich spoke out vehemently against the practice of witch trials .

Publications (selection)

The main focus of the publications is civil law and procedural law :

De Solutionibus. (1616)
De Procuratoribus. (1617)
Disp. iur. de iure singulari, hoc est de beneficiis utriusque iuris. (1619)
De Iure Personarum. (1620)
De servitiis feudalibus. (1620)
Assertiones canon. de beneficiis ecclesiasticis. (1622)
Theses De Quibusdam Iuris Fisci Capitibus. (1622)
De processu iudiciario. (1624)
Disp. iur. de delictis. (1624)
Disputatio Iuridica de servitutibus realibus. (1625)
Disp. iur. de universa dotium materia. (1625)
Assertiones iur. de appellationibus. (1626)
Disp. iur. de actionibus. (1626)
De interdictis. (1627)
Edicta praetoria de restitutionibus in integrum. (1627)
Theses Iuridicae De pignoribus et hypothecis. (1627)
Theses Iuridicae De Privilegiis Creditorum. (1627)

literature

Karl Bosl: Bosl's Bavarian biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries . Regensburg 1983, p. 134. (digitized version)
Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen: Denich, Joachim . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 50 f.

Individual evidence

^ Karl Hausberger : The Regensburg Bishops from 1649 to 1817 (= The Dioceses of the Church Province of Salzburg . The Diocese of Regensburg 1). Walter de Gruyter, 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-047006-2 , p. 419 .
^ Wolfgang Behringer: Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria. Popular Magic, Religious Zealotry and Reason of State in early modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-48258-5 , p. 243.

personal data
SURNAME	Denich, Kaspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Denich, Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German legal scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1591
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ingolstadt
DATE OF DEATH	January 2, 1660
Place of death	Ingolstadt

[1] Karl Hausberger : The Regensburg Bishops from 1649 to 1817 (= The Dioceses of the Church Province of Salzburg . The Diocese of Regensburg 1). Walter de Gruyter, 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-047006-2 , p. 419 .

[2] Wolfgang Behringer: Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria. Popular Magic, Religious Zealotry and Reason of State in early modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-48258-5 , p. 243.