Andreas Aagesen (5 August 1826 – 26 October 1879) was a

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jurist.

Biography

Aagesen was educated for the law at

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and

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, and interrupted his studies in 1848 to take part in the

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, in which he served as the leader of a reserve battalion. In 1855 Aagesen became a professor of

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at the

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. In 1870 he was appointed a member of the commission for drawing up a maritime and commercial code, and the navigation law of 1882 is mainly his work. In 1879 he was elected a member of the Landsting (one of two chambers of the Danish Parliament, the

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); but it is as a teacher at the university that he won his reputation. Aagesen was

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's successor as lecturer on

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at the university, and in this department his research was epoch-making.

Bibliography

Among his numerous juridical works may be mentioned: *''Bidrag til Læren om Overdragelse af Ejendomsret, Bemærkinger om Rettigheder over Ting'' (Copenhagen, 1866, 1871–1872); *''Fortegnelse over Retssamlinger, Retslitteratur i Danmark, Norge, Sverige'' (Copenhagen, 1876).

Notes

References

;Attribution * This source cites: **

Johan Henrik Deuntzer Johan Henrik Deuntzer (20 May 1845 – 16 November 1918) was a Danish professor and politician who served as a member of the Liberal '' Venstre'' party until 1905 where he joined the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Council President a ...

, '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', vol. i. (Copenhagen, 1887)
online
; **''Samlede Skrifter,'' edited by F. C. Bornemann (Copenhagen, 1883)

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