Samuel Ludwig Schnell

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Samuel Ludwig Schnell (baptized May 7, 1775 in Burgdorf BE ; † January 3, 1849 in Bern ) was a Swiss lawyer .

Schnell was a law professor at the University of Bern and a member of the Helvetian Supreme Court . With the Civil Code for the Canton of Bern that came into force from 1826 to 1831 , he created the first cantonal private law codification in German-speaking Switzerland.

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  1. ^ Gertrud Aeschlimann: Schnell, Samuel Ludwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .