Wilhelm Leyser II.

Wilhelm Leyser II (born August 24, 1628 in Wittenberg ; † May 2, 1689 ibid) was a German lawyer and legal scholar .

Life

Wilhelm Leyser II. Was the son of Wilhelm Leyser I (1592–1649) and his wife Regina, geb. Tetzel († December 30, 1631). He was enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on October 20, 1630 . At the age of 14 he held his first disputation and then went to the University of Jena . He returned to Wittenberg in 1647, moved to the University of Frankfurt (Oder) in 1648 and then returned to Wittenberg in 1649.

In accordance with the customs of the time, he went on a study trip that took him through Germany from 1651 to 1652. After he had joined an embassy in 1653 that the Elector Johann Georg had sent to the Reichstag in Regensburg and on election day in Augsburg , he traveled to Italy in the same year and in 1654 went to France and Holland. During these trips abroad he tried to acquire the native languages of the countries he visited.

In 1665 Leyser returned to Wittenberg and was proposed for a professorship at the University of Wittenberg , but had to step back from Caspar Ziegler . Nevertheless, he was eligible for a professorship, acquired a licentiate in law in 1657 and obtained a doctorate in law in 1658 . Finally, in the same year, through the death of Samuel Ritter , he became a professor in the institutes of the law faculty.

Within seven years he rose to the professorship of the Codex, became an assessor at the court court , at the Schöppenstuhl and assessor at the Wittenberg consistory . He carried out these functions until the end of his life and in the meantime administered the office of rector of the university in the summer semester of 1665 and 1673.

Act

Leyser's literary work was largely reflected in individual writings, but especially in the dissertations . His colleagues particularly recognized his treatises on compatriots, people in writing and official people. He also wrote a memorandum on the reform of the law school, which showed him as a man with an eye for the practical. He was convinced of the necessity that scientific aspects should be included in the course and that these should be coordinated with the course.

family

Wilhelm Leyser married Regina Calov on March 3, 1663 in Wittenberg (born June 29, 1643 in Königsberg, † January 7, 1664 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the mathematician, philosopher and theologian Abraham Calov and their second marriage, who died on Christina Strauch, daughter of the legal scholar and diplomat Augustin Strauch, was closed in Gera on April 23, 1667 .

The children are known:

Polycarp (born January 1, 1664 in Wittenberg)
Wilhelm (born October 25, 1668 in Wittenberg, † November 16, 1668 in Wittenberg)
Regina Sophia (* 1670; † December 9, 1692 in Wittenberg), married to Gottfried Strauss
Christina Elisabeth (born November 4, 1671 in Wittenberg), married on April 24, 1690 to Simon Friedrich Wolffhardt († April 13, 1709 in Magdeburg); Abbot of the Bergen monastery near Magdeburg and Kurbrandenburg Council
Wilhelmina Augusta (born March 6, 1673 in Wittenberg, † September 19, 1678 in Wittenberg)
Johanna Caecilia (born October 6, 1674 in Wittenberg), married on June 13, 1695 to Wilhelm Friedrich Werner, Imperial Court and Justice Councilor in Sangerhausen
Wilhelm (born May 14, 1676 in Wittenberg; † August 6, 1676 in Wittenberg)
Wilhelm (born September 1, 1677 in Wittenberg; December 15, 1694 in Wittenberg), student of theology
Augustin (born March 3, 1679 in Wittenberg, † April 28, 1679 in Wittenberg)
Abraham (born March 3, 1682 in Wittenberg, † April 15, 1684 in Wittenberg)
Augustin Leyser (born October 18, 1683 in Wittenberg; † May 4, 1752 in Wittenberg), German legal scholar and heir to Nudersdorf Castle
Johanna Catharina (born September 5, 1685; buried November 8, 1691 in Wittenberg)
Beatha Christina (born February 11, 1687 in Wittenberg), married Johann Georg Neumann on February 22, 1703

Works (selection)

Tract de Imperio contra doranininum eminens , Wittenberg 1673
Disp. De Contractibus, qui in scriptis siunt ad L. Contractus 17. C. de sid. Instrum, Wittenberg 1886
De Immutabilitate et Mutablitate Juris ad ductum § 11. Inst. De ING et ciul. 170. Explicat. L. scripturas 11. C. qui potior. In pign. Habentur aet. , Wittenberg 1680
De Jurearcendi tempore pestis, Wittenberg 1668
De Jure Ciuilitatis , vulgo from Citizens' Rights, Wittenberg 1681
Jura Depositi et Sequestrationis , Wittenberg 1684
De Deposito , Wittenberg 1676
De Moribus, qui legem imitantur, seu Consuetudine , Wittenberg 1685
De Obligatione, quae ex mutuo oritur , Wittenberg 1674
De quorumdam Jurium obito singulari , Wittenberg 1683
De Praescriptione Jongissimi temporis , Wittenberg 1661
De Prorogatione Jurisdictionis , Wittenberg 1687
De Responsis prudentum , Wittenberg 1678
De Jure Retentionis mulieri competente in bonis mariti , Wittenberg 1667
De Seruo , Wittenberg 1663
De Constitutione testamentariae Tutelae , Wittenberg 1684
De mondo vocandi in Jus veteri er moderno , Wittenberg 1677
De Vsucapionibus , Wittenberg 1670
De crimine laesae Maiestatis , Wittenberg 1687
De Jure sub feudis , Wittenberg 1662
De Statu et veris rei publicae Romanae, et Romano Germanicae , Wittenberg 1665
De Electoratu Bohemiae , Wittenberg 1679
De Landsassiis itemque Schrifftsassiis et Amtsassiis , Wittenberg 1664
De Descriptionibus censualibus , Wittenberg 1671
De Apanagio , Wittenberg 1663

literature

Wittenberg church records, the marriage, christening and death records from the years 1560–1800
Funeral sermon for Wilhelm Leyser
Funeral sermon for Michael Walter
Ernst Zitzlaff: The burial places of Wittenberg and their monuments , Wittenberg 1896
Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg . Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917

Web links

Publications by and about Wilhelm Leyser II in VD 17 .
Leyser, Wilhelm von Wittenberg. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 17, Leipzig 1738, column 736 f.
Works by Leyser in the catalog of the Freiburg University Library

personal data
SURNAME	Leyser, Wilhelm II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1628
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH	May 2, 1689
Place of death	Wittenberg