Frederik Peter Brandt (24 July 1825 – 2 May 1891) was a Norwegian jurist,

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and professor at the Faculty of Law of the Royal Frederick University (1866–1890).

Biography

Frederik Peter Brandt was born at

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Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

, Norway. He enrolled at Royal Frederick University (now

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) in 1842, receiving his

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in 1846. He became a university research fellow in 1849. In 1851, he was awarded the Crown Prince's gold medal (''Kronprinsens gullmedalje'') for his

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regarding changes in Norwegian judicial institutions. He became an associate professor at the Faculty of Law in 1862 and professor in History of Law in 1866. He also served as Dean of the Faculty of Law. Brandt was a member of the city council in Kristiania (now Oslo) from 1863-76. From 1872, he was an extraordinary judge (''ekstraordinær dommar'') with the

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.(''Høgsterett'').

Awards

*1868 -

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*1873 -

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

Selected works

* ''Om Odels- og aasædesretten'' (1850) *'' Visebog for norske Selskabskredse. Indeholdende 550 Sange'' (1850) *''Fremstilling af Lovgivningen om Thinglysningsvæsenet'' (1851) *''Samling af mærkelige Højesteretsdomme i Tidsrummet 1815-1835'' (1855) *''Fremstilling af de Forandringer, som Norges dømmende Institusjoner i ældre Tider have undergaaet'' (1856) *''Repertorium for praktisk lovkyndighed'' (1855–63) *''Om foreløbige retsmidler i den gamle norske rettergang: prøveforelæsning'' (1862) *''Tingsretten fremstillet efter den norske Lovgivning'' (1867) *''Trællenes Retsstilling efter Norges gamle Love'' (1870) * ''Om Søforsikring: et Tillæg til Søretten'' (1876) *''Om vasdragenes benyttelse'' (1878) *''Tingsretten, fremstillet efter den norske lovgivning'' (2nd ed, 1878) *''Forelæsninger over den norske retshistorie'' (1880–83) *'' Grunnloven. Kongeriget Norges Grundlov og Valglov med deres Tillæg og Ændringer'' (1884)

References

External links

Online Books by Frederik Peter Brandt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandt, Fredrik Peter 1891 deaths 1825 births People from Aust-Agder University of Oslo alumni Order of the Polar Star Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Academics of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo