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Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (1781 - 1854) - German jurist Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (November 20, 1781 - July 4, 1854), was a German jurist. The son of Johann Gottfried, he was born at Jena. He entered the University of Gцttingen in 1797. In 1805 he became professor of law at Frankfurt an der Oder, a post he retained until 1811, when he accepted the equivalent chair at Humboldt University, Berlin. On the call to arms in 1813 he became a captain of horse, and at the end of the war was decorated with the Iron Cross. In 1817 he was offered the chair of law at Gцttingen, and, preferring it to the Berlin professorship, taught there with great success till ill-health compelled him to resign in 1828. His successor in the Berlin chair having died in 1832, he returned there, but resigned two years afterwards. In 1832 he also received an appointment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, with his labours on many state committees and his legal researches and writings, occupied him till his death at Cologne. Eichhorn was regarded as one of the principal authorities on German constitutional law. His chief work is Deutsche Staats und Rechtsgeschichte (Gцttingen, 1808-1823, 5th ed. 1843-1844). In company with Savigny and JFL Gцschen he founded the Zeitschrift fьr geschichtliche Rechtswissenschaft. He was the author of Einleitung in das deutsche Privatrecht mit Einschluss des Lehnrechts (Gцttingen, 1823) and the Grundsдtze des Kirchenrechts der Katholischen und der Evangelischen Religionspartei in Deutschland, 2 Bde. (ib., 1831-1833). Views: 454

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn

(1781 - 1854) - German jurist

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (November 20, 1781 - July 4, 1854), was a German jurist.

The son of Johann Gottfried, he was born at Jena. He entered the University of Gцttingen in 1797. In 1805 he became professor of law at Frankfurt an der Oder, a post he retained until 1811, when he accepted the equivalent chair at Humboldt University, Berlin. On the call to arms in 1813 he became a captain of horse, and at the end of the war was decorated with the Iron Cross.

In 1817 he was offered the chair of law at Gцttingen, and, preferring it to the Berlin professorship, taught there with great success till ill-health compelled him to resign in 1828. His successor in the Berlin chair having died in 1832, he returned there, but resigned two years afterwards. In 1832 he also received an appointment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, with his labours on many state committees and his legal researches and writings, occupied him till his death at Cologne.

Eichhorn was regarded as one of the principal authorities on German constitutional law. His chief work is Deutsche Staats und Rechtsgeschichte (Gцttingen, 1808-1823, 5th ed. 1843-1844). In company with Savigny and JFL Gцschen he founded the Zeitschrift fьr geschichtliche Rechtswissenschaft. He was the author of Einleitung in das deutsche Privatrecht mit Einschluss des Lehnrechts (Gцttingen, 1823) and the Grundsдtze des Kirchenrechts der Katholischen und der Evangelischen Religionspartei in Deutschland, 2 Bde. (ib., 1831-1833).

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