Josef Kohler (9 March 1849 – 3 August 1919) was a

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, author and poet.

Biography

Kohler was born in

Offenburg Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the ad ...

. He studied at Offenburg and

Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was an ...

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and

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

and

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

universities. He became

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(1873) and was appointed judge at

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

(1874). He was a professor at

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

(1878) and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

(1888). Through his many contributions to the ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft'' and other law journals he aided much in advancing the comparative history of

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. Kohler died in

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, aged 70.

Literary works

Journals

* ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft'' (editor) * ''Archiv für Rechts- und Wirtschaftsphilosophie'' (editor) * ''Archiv für bürgerliches Recht und Berliner juristische Beiträge'' (founder with Viktor Ring)

Comparative history of law

* ''Moderne Rechtsfragen bei islamitischen Juristen'' (Würzburg 1885) * ''Das chinesische Strafrecht'' (Würzburg 1886) * ''Rechtsvergleichende Studien über islamitisches Recht, das Recht der Berbern, das chinesische Recht und das Recht auf Ceylon'' (Berlin 1889) * ''Altindisches Prozessrecht'' (Stuttgart 1891)

Civil law

* ''Deutsches Patentrecht'' (Mannheim 1878) * ''Das Autorrecht'' (Jena 1880) * ''Beiträge zur germanischen Privatrechtsgeschichte'' (Würzburg 1883-88) * ''Das Recht des Markenschutzes'' (Würzburg 1885) * ''Der Prozess als Rechtsverhältnis'' (1888) * ''Aus dem Patent- und Industrierecht'' (Mannheim 1888) * ''Forschungen aus dem Patentrecht'' (Mannheim 1888) * ''Das literarische und artistische Kunstwerk und sein Autorschutz'' (Mannheim 1892) * ''Zur Urgeschichte der Ehe'' (1897) * ''Handbuch des deutsches Patentrechts'' (Mannheim 1900-01) * ''Einführung in die Rechtswissenschaft'' (Leipzig 1902) * ''Leitfaden des deutschen Konkursrechts'' (Stuttgart 1903) * ''Kunstwerkrecht'' (1908)

Philosophy of law

* ''Shakespeare vor dem Forum der Jurisprudenz'' (Würzburg 1883) * ''Das Recht als Kulturerscheinung'' (Würzburg 1885) * ''Das Wesen der Strafe'' (Würzburg 1888) * ''Lehrbuch der Rechtsphilosophie'' (1908)

International law

* ''Grundlagen des Völkerrechts'' (1918)

History of art

* ''Aus dem Lande der Kunst'' (Würzburg 1882) * ''Aesthetische Streifereien'' (Mannheim 1889) * ''Zur Charakteristik Richard Wagners'' (Mannheim 1893)

Poetry

* ''Lyrische Gedichte und Balladen'' (Berlin 1892) * ''Feuermythus oder Apotheose des Menschengeistes; nach Motiven der polynesischen Sage'' (Berlin 1893) * ''Der Liebestod: nach motiven der mexikanischen Ueberlieferung'' (Berlin 1893) * ''Neue Dichtungen'' (Berlin 1895) * ''Melusine'', a dramatic poem (1896) * ''Dantes Heilige Reise'' (Cologne 1901-03) * ''Aus Petrarcas Sonettenschatz'' (Berlin 1902-03)

Notes

References

* * * Gabor Hamza: "Comparative Law and Antiquity", Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1991 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohler, Josef 1849 births 1919 deaths People from Offenburg People from the Grand Duchy of Baden Jurists from Baden-Württemberg German poets German male poets Writers from Baden-Württemberg German Peace Society members University of Freiburg alumni Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin