Josse Le Plat (18 November 1732,

Mechelen Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...

– 6 August 1810,

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) was a legal scholar and law professor at Leuven University. He favored the reforms that Maria Theresa and later Joseph II wanted to make in higher education. In 1779, he published the ''Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent'', with preface, notes and variants.

Works

* ''Dissertatio canonica de sponsalibus & matrimoniorum impedimentis'' (1783
available at KU Leuven Special Collections.
* ''Academiæ Lovaniensis adumbratio compendiaria'' (Liège, J.F. Leunckens, 1786
available at KU Leuven Special Collections.

References

1732 births 1810 deaths Educators from the Austrian Netherlands Belgian legal scholars 18th-century writers in Latin Academic staff of the Old University of Leuven Jansenists {{academic-stub