Wolfgang Heinrich Puchta

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Wolfgang Heinrich Puchta (born August 3, 1769 in Möhrendorf ; † March 3, 1845 in Erlangen ) was a German legal scholar and judge .

Life

Puchta was the son of the Lutheran pastor Johann Christoph Puchta. He first grew up in the rectory of Möhrendorf. When his father died on May 13, 1784, he came to Ansbach to see his uncle, the government lawyer Arnold Heinrich Puchta. There he graduated from the Carolo-Alexandrinum grammar school by September 1789 . However, his uncle did not want to continue paying for the training, which is why the high school principal Faber, who was sure of the boy's talent, made it possible for him to study law at the University of Erlangen through scholarships . He was enrolled on September 15, 1789. By Easter 1792, no further funds were available for his education. Nevertheless, he passed the examination of the state justice commission.

Puchta was as at 16 July 1794 lawyer admitted in Ansbach. In the course of the reorganization of the Prussian judiciary, he was appointed by decree of December 24, 1796, in addition to his work as a lawyer, to the youngest criminal advisor to the deputation in Ansbach and at the same time as a councilor to the chamber deputation. On January 1, 1797, he was the first judicial officer to move to the judicial office in Cadolzburg and was given the title of judiciary . When Ansbach fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 , Puchta was appointed royal Bavarian district judge at the district court of Ansbach . In 1812 he came to the newly founded district court of Erlangen as a district judge . There he was now associating with the university's lawyers, including Christian Friedrich Glück and Karl Heinrich Gros .

Puchta became increasingly active as a specialist writer. On August 3, 1817, the Faculty of Law awarded him an honorary doctorate ( Dr. iur. Utr. Hc ) and on April 6, 1821 he was elected a member of the Commission for the Reform of the Code of Procedure. He made several proposals to reform the judiciary. In 1838 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit by Saint Michael , and on June 15, 1840, he finally retired.

Puchta is the father of Christian Heinrich Puchta and Georg Friedrich Puchta .

Works (selection)

  • About goods smashing and property trading , Enke, Erlangen 1816.
  • Manual of the judicial procedure in matters of voluntary jurisdiction , 2 volumes, Palm, Erlangen 1821–1832.
  • Contributions to the legislation and practice of civil legal process , 2 volumes, Palm, Erlangen 1822–1823.
  • The Institute of Arbitrators examined according to its current use and its usefulness for shortening and reducing processes , Erlangen 1823.
  • The service of the German judicial offices or single judges , 2 volumes, Palm, Erlangen 1829–1830.
  • On the Procedure in Minor Civil Matters , 1834.
  • The regional courts in Bavaria and their reform: with comparative consideration of the German judiciary of earlier times , Erlangen 1834.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1839, p. 32.
personal data
SURNAME Puchta, Wolfgang Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Puchta, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar and judge
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Möhrendorf
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1845
Place of death gain