Paul Krüger (20 March 1840 – 11 May 1926) was a German jurist.

Biography

He was born in Berlin, where he studied

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

(1858–60). In 1863, he began to lecture on

Roman law Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the '' Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Ju ...

at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

. In 1870, he became an associate professor of law at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

, where he attained a full professorship during the following year. Afterwards, he served as a professor at the universities of Innsbruck (from 1872),

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was name ...

(from 1874;

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1883/84) and

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

(from 1888).Krüger, Paul
Hessian Biography

Works

* ''Prozessualische Konsumtion und Rechtskraft des Erkenntnisses'' (“Diligence in legal proceedings and the validity of judgments,” 1864) * ''Kritik des Justinianischen Codex'' (“Critique of the Justinian Codex,” 1867) * ''Kritische Versuche im Gebiete des römischen Rechts'' (“Critical studies in the realm of Roman law,” 1870) * ''Geschichte der Quellen und Litteratur des römischen Rechts'' (“History of the sources and literature of Roman law,” 1888; French tr. J. Brissaud, 1893) * ''Justinianische Institutionen'' (“Justinian institutions,” 1867) He also published a critical edition of the '' Codex Justinianus'' (1877).

References

* 1840 births 1926 deaths Jurists from Berlin University of Bonn faculty University of Marburg faculty Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Königsberg faculty Academics of the University of Innsbruck {{Germany-law-bio-stub