Johann Ludwig Klüber (10 November 1762, Tann, near Fulda - 16 February 1837,

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) was a German law professor, author and state official.

Biography

He was professor of law at the

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(1786-1804), privat-referendar, state and cabinet counsel, in Karlsruhe (1804–07 and 1808–17), and professor of law at

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(1807–08). During the

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(1814–15), by government permission, he resided there and collected and published ''Akten des Wiener Kongresses in den Jahren 1814 and 1815'' (8 vols., 1815–19). An enlarged edition (or just the most important portions according to NIE) was published 1830 under the title of ''Quellensammlung zu dem öffentlichen Rechte des Deutschen Bundes''. Under Karl August von Hardenberg, chancellor of state for

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, he became privy councillor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1817), and, under its auspices, he assisted in the

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, and in political negotiations in Frankfurt and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1822 he published the second edition of his ''Öffentlichen Rechte des Deutschen Bundes'', which brought on political persecution of both book and author. He resigned his government position and retired to Frankfurt, where he died. Other prominent works of his are: * ''Staatsrecht des Rheinbundes'' (1808) * '' Kryptographik Lehrbuch der Geheimschreibekunst'' (1809) * ''Le droit des gens moderne de l'Europe'' (1819, 2nd ed., 1874) * ''Abhandlungen und Beobachtungen für Geschichtskunde, Staats- und Rechtswissenschaften'' (1830–34) * ''Die Selbständigkeit des Richteramtes und die Unabhängigkeit seiner Urteile in Rechtsprechen'' (1832) * ''Pragmatische Geschichte der nationalen und politischen Wiedergeburt Griechenlandes'' (1835)

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kluber, Johann Ludwig 1762 births 1837 deaths Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Academic staff of Heidelberg University German politicians Jurists from Hesse