Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach (lawyer)

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Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach

Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach (born December 12, 1618 in Schleiz ; † August 18, 1678 in Waldenbuch ) was one of the most important jurists of the usus modernus pandectarum in Württemberg .

Life

Lauterbach's father was the mayor of Schleiz.

In his birthplace he received a humanistic school education. Lauterbach studied law from 1636 in Jena and Leipzig . After completing his studies, he gave private lectures in Leipzig. He did not receive his doctorate until 1647 in Tübingen. Lauterbach continued his education by traveling to various universities, Heidelberg, Strasbourg and Tübingen, partly as a private tutor to nobles. In addition to these stays at universities, Lauterbach went to the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer for several months in 1648 to study its working methods.

In November 1648 he was finally given a chair for pandects ( lat. Digest) at the University of Tübingen . In addition to teaching, Lauterbach held several positions in the university administration, he was elected eight times as "rector magnificus" and often as dean of the law faculty.

In 1657, after the death of his father-in-law, Thomas Lansius , he was given the supervision of the Collegium Illustre in Tübingen, at the same time he was taken over by Duke Eberhard III. appointed as assessor at the court and awarded him the title of "real advice". In 1678 he was finally appointed to the government council in Stuttgart. However, shortly after moving, he died of an illness that was prevalent in Stuttgart at the time. The ADB , however, does not record which illness it was .

Teaching

Lauterbach was one of the most popular and respected teachers of ius commune in the 17th century. 111 dissertations under Lauterbach's chairmanship are proven. His best-known work is the "Compendium Juris: Brevissimis Verbis, Sed amplissimô sensu & allegationibus, universam ferè materiam Juris exhibens". This work was not published by himself, but by his student Johann Jacob Schütz . The book was one of the most widespread explanations of the Pandects, it was published many times from 1679 to 1744.

Works

  • Compendium iuris ( digitized version )
  • Collegium theoretico-practicum ad quinquaginta Pandectarum libros

literature

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