Viktor Korošec
Viktor Korošec (born December 7, 1899 in Kranj , Austria-Hungary , † November 16, 1985 in Ljubljana , SFR Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav legal historian .
Korošec studied from 1918 first Catholic theology in Ljubljana , then law in Ljubljana and Munich . After graduating in law in 1924, he became Secretary of the Law Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. From 1924 to 1926 he studied legal history with Paul Koschaker in Leipzig on a scholarship . In 1926 he was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. After his habilitation in 1927, he became a lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. In 1928/29 he returned to Leipzig to study ancient oriental languages and to deal with cuneiform writing . In 1930 he became associate professor , in 1935 full professor of Roman law at the University of Ljubljana. He also taught oriental languages and history at the philosophical faculty.
Korošec was one of the most important cuneiform lawyers of his time, for example he wrote the article “Cuneiform law” for the Handbuch der Orientalistik , in particular he dealt with Hittite law. He was the best-known Slovenian Romance philologist of the 20th century and wrote the basic overview of Roman law in the Slovenian language.
Publications (selection)
- Heir liability under Roman law (Leipzig jurisprudential studies 29), Leipzig 1927 (= habilitation thesis)
- Hittite treaties. A contribution to their legal evaluation (Leipziger Rechtswissenschaftliche Studien 60), Leipzig 1931
- Cuneiform law . In: Orientalisches Recht , Handbuch der Orientalistik 1. Department Supplementary Volume 3. Brill, Leiden 1964, pp. 49–219
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Rimsko pravo
- 1. del: Splošni del, osebno, stvarno in obligacijsko pravo , Ljubljana 1967
- 2nd del: Rodbinsko, dedno in civilno pravdno pravo , Ljubljana 1969
literature
- Janez Kranjc : Viktor Korošec (1899–1985) . In: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History , Romance Department 104, 1987, pp. 908–913 (with a list of his writings on cuneiform writing)
- Janez Kranjc: Romance Studies in Slovenia . In: Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade 58, 3, 2010, pp. 108-120, esp. Pp. 117 f. ( Full text ; PDF; 139 kB)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korošec, Viktor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav legal historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kranj |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1985 |
| Place of death | Ljubljana |