Ignác Frank (1788–1850) was a Hungarian jurist and one of the most renowned

private law Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the ''jus commune'' that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations ( ...

scholars of his time.

Life

After leaving the

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order in 1811, he studied law and was appointed professor for private law in

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in 1827. He was the last to compile the feudal Hungarian private law, and the first to do so in Hungarian. While generally a conservative scholar, he is acknowledged as having been ahead of his time in some respects, such as in his treatment of contracts to the benefit of third parties.

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* 1788 births 1850 deaths Hungarian jurists {{law-bio-stub