Johann Friedrich Böckelmann (1633–1681) was a German jurist. Born in Steinfurt, Böckelmann studied law at

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 ...

, where he became a professor in 1661. He was also president of the electoral court of law and a councillor and envoy of the

prince elector The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, la, Princeps Elector), or electors for short, were the members of the electoral college that elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. From the 13th century onwards, the prince ...

. In 1670, Böckelmann moved to teach at

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

, where he had lasting influence by introducing the new ''methodus compendiarium'' - a teaching method based no longer on the

Corpus Iuris Civilis The ''Corpus Juris'' (or ''Iuris'') ''Civilis'' ("Body of Civil Law") is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor. It is also sometimes referred ...

itself, but on shorter summaries. One of these, his ''Compendium Institutionum'', was in use up until the 19th century. To this day, the

university of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of Le ...

administrates a ''Legatum Böckelmannianum'' from which one outstanding law student receives an annual stipend.

External links

Website Leiden Professors

References

* Jurists from North Rhine-Westphalia 1632 births 1681 deaths People from Steinfurt Academic staff of Leiden University {{Germany-law-bio-stub