Ludwig Eduard Heydemann

Ludwig Eduard Heydemann (born May 18, 1805 in Berlin ; † September 11, 1874 there ) was a German lawyer.

Heydemann studied law and history in Berlin and Heidelberg, completed his habilitation after a long period in the judicial service, most recently as an assessor at the Court of Justice, and in 1840 as a private lecturer at Berlin University. He then published the legal historical monograph The Elements of the Joachimische Constitution from 1527 (Berlin 1841) and was promoted to extraordinary professor for Prussian land law in 1841 and full professor in 1845. Under Savigny's direction, he worked as an unskilled worker in the Ministry of Justice for law revision from 1842-48.

Since 1846 chairman of the literary expert association, he published its expert opinion in a collection (Berlin 1848) and was also chairman of the musical expert association since 1858. In both associations he was involved in the preparation of legislative tasks and international treaties for the protection of author rights. One of the fruits of this activity was the work he published with Otto Dambach , The Prussian Reprinting Legislation, explained through the practice of the Literary Expert Association (Berlin 1863)

His main work is the system of Prussian civil law in outline (Berlin 1851), which appeared in the second, completely redesigned edition as an introduction to the system of Prussian civil law (Leipzig 1861-68, 2 vols.), But its completion by his death in September Was interrupted in 1874. Otto Dambach gave the commemorative speech in 1874.

Heydemann was accepted into the Masonic Lodge Zum flammenden Stern in Berlin in 1849 ; In 1862 he was a member of the federal board of directors of the Great National Mother Lodge to the three globes , where he was involved in drafting Masonic legislation.

His younger brother Albert Heydemann (* 1808; † 1877) became the high school director.

literature

• Albert Teichmann :  Heydemann, Ludwig Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 349 f.
• Deutscher Reichs-Anzeiger and Königlich Prussischer Staats-Anzeiger: 1875, p.3 obituary

Web links

• Literature by and about Ludwig Eduard Heydemann in the catalog of the German National Library

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