Johann Ulrich von Cramer (8 November 1706 – 18 June 1772) was an eminent

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, and Enlightenment

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Cramer was the most important representative of Wolffianism in the area of

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; he was first a university professor at the

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and then one of the highest judges of the

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, both in

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and

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Works

*JCramer, Johann Ulrich von. Opuscula, 5 vols.,

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(ed.). Christian Wolff, Gesammelte Werke, IIIrd series, vol. 34, pts. 1–5, Hildesheim - Zürich - New York: Olms, 1996. *Cramer, Johann Ulrich von. ''Sammlung juristischer Ausführungen einiger vertheidigten Rechts-Sachen, welche bey denen höchsten Reichs-Gerichtern durch den Druck bekandt gemacht worden''. - Wetzlar, 1759
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Ulrich von Cramer (1706-1772)
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