Burkard Wilhelm Leist (12 July 1819 in

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– 31 December 1906 in Jena) was a German

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Biography

He studied at Göttingen, Heidelberg and Berlin. He was appointed professor of civil law at Basel in 1846, at Rostock in 1847, and from 1853 he filled that chair at the University of Jena. He was a pupil of Savigny. He combined the historical method with analysis. After studies on the fundamental material of law, especially Roman law, he did valuable research in the hypothetical field of Indo-Germanic law.

Works

Among his works were: * ''Die Bonorum Possessio, ihre geschichtliche Entwickelung und heutige Geltung'' (1844–48) * ''Versuche einer Geschichte der römischen Rechtssysteme'' (1850) * ''Civilistische Studien auf dem Gebiet dogmatischer Analyse'' (1854–77) * ''Mancipation und Eigentumstradition'' (1865) * ''Der römische Erbrechtsbesitz'' (1871) * ''Altarisches Jus Gentium'' (1889) * ''Altarisches Jus Civile'' (1892–96)

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* * 1819 births 1906 deaths Jurists from Lower Saxony University of Göttingen alumni Heidelberg University alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Basel Academic staff of the University of Rostock Academic staff of the University of Jena People from Verden (district) {{Germany-law-bio-stub