Leo Weber (lawyer)

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Leo Josef Weber (born July 23, 1841 in Solothurn ; † January 15, 1935 in Bern ; resident in Riedholz , Solothurn and Bern) was a Swiss lawyer , federal civil servant and liberal politician .

Life

Family and education

The Catholic baptized, and later to the Christian Catholic Church had converted, originally from Solothurn Leo Weber, son of the farmer Franz Josef Weber and his spouse Magdalena born of Buren, turned to the acquisition of the Swiss Matura studying law at the University of Geneva , the University of Zurich as well as the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , in 1865 the doctorate to Dr. iur. in Zurich, in 1866 he obtained the Solothurn lawyer and notary's license. In 1870 Leo Weber married Anna Ludovica Antonia, daughter of Maximilian Perty . Weber died in Bern in January 1935 at the old age of 93.

Professional background

After completing his studies, Leo Weber took over the management of a law firm in Solothurn in 1867 , and in 1882 he moved to Bern as Head of the Legislative and Legal Department in the Federal Department of Justice . In 1897 it chose the United Federal Assembly for federal judges on the constitutional department, 1901, he resigned from this function. In 1872 he was admitted to the federal judiciary as a major judge, in 1897 he was appointed a member of the Court of Cassation, in 1897 promoted to colonel , in 1909 he was given the position of chief auditor , and in 1912 he resigned. After resigning as a federal judge, Leo Weber served at the Court of Arbitration in The Hague until 1918 . In addition, Leo Weber served as a legal expert and arbitrator in constitutional and civil disputes. Leo Weber, who was involved in expert commissions, was president of the Swiss Lawyers' Association from 1902 to 1904. The free-spirited politician Weber was a member of the Solothurn Cantonal Council from 1872 to 1882 . In the parliamentary elections in 1875 , the people of Solothurn elected him to the National Council , from which he resigned in 1882.

Act

Leo Weber's commitment from 1871 to 1874 was the drafting of a constitution for the Christian Catholic Church within the framework of a national diocese. In 1879 Leo Weber drafted a cantonal code of criminal procedure on behalf of the Solothurn government. In his function as a national councilor, he dealt with criminal law issues, and among other things he fought against the reintroduction of the death penalty . During his service as a federal civil servant, he played a key role in drafting the federal law on debt collection and bankruptcy, wrote the first comment on it and dealt with the civil law relationships of residents and residents. The author of numerous publications , Leo Weber, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1889 . His estate is in the Solothurn Central Library .

Publications

  • together with Alfred Brüstlein : The Federal Act on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Explained for Practical Use, printed and published by Friedrich Schulthess, 1892
  • From the life of an old Solothurn man, Olten, 1925

literature

  • Der Bund , No. 342 , Der Bund, Bern, 1911
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung , No. 204 , Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 1911
  • Der Bund, No. 25 , Der Bund, Bern, 1935
  • Oltner Tagblatt , Dietschi & Cie, Olten, January 17, 1935
  • Hermann Sommer: The democratic movement in the canton of Solothurn from 1856 to 1872, printed by Vogt-Schild, Solothurn, 1945, p. 114, 169.
  • Peter Walliser: The beginnings of the Catholic opposition party in the canton of Solothurn: 1869-1872, P. Walliser, Zollikofen, 1994, p. 114.
  • Eduard Schneider: 150 and 125 years Federal Supreme Court: 1848-1998, 1875-2000, Stämpfli, Bern, 1998, ISBN 3-7272-9750-6 , pp. 137, 138.

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Leo Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer, federal civil servant and liberal politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1935
Place of death Bern