Andreas Aagesen (5 August 1826 – 26 October 1879) was a Danish jurist.

Biography

Aagesen was educated for the law at

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and

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, and interrupted his studies in 1848 to take part in the

First Schleswig War The First Schleswig War (), also known as the Schleswig-Holstein uprising () and the Three Years' War (), was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig–Holstein question: who should control the Du ...

, in which he served as the leader of a reserve battalion. In 1855 Aagesen became a professor of

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

. In 1870 he was appointed a member of the commission for drawing up a maritime and commercial code, and the navigation law of 1882 is mainly his work. In 1879 he was elected a member of the Landsting (one of two chambers of the Danish Parliament, the

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); but it is as a teacher at the university that he won his reputation. Aagesen was

Carl Christian Hall Carl Christian Hall (25 February 1812 – 14 August 1888) was a Danish statesman. Hall served as the Council President of Denmark (Prime Minister), first from 1857 to 1859 and again from 1860 to 1863. Early life Hall was the son of the highly ...

's successor as lecturer on

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at the university, and in this department his research was epoch-making.

Bibliography

Among his numerous juridical works may be mentioned: *''Bidrag til Læren om Overdragelse af Ejendomsret, Bemærkinger om Rettigheder over Ting'' (Copenhagen, 1866, 1871–1872); *''Fortegnelse over Retssamlinger, Retslitteratur i Danmark, Norge, Sverige'' (Copenhagen, 1876).

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References

;Attribution * This source cites: **

Johan Henrik Deuntzer Johan Henrik Deuntzer (20 May 1845 – 16 November 1918) was a Danish professor and politician who served as a member of the Liberal '' Venstre'' party until 1905 where he joined the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Council President ...

, ''

Dansk biografisk leksikon ''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon'' (usually abbreviated DBL; title of first edition written ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon'') is a Danish biographical dictionary that has been published in three editions. The first edition, ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon, til ...

'', vol. i. (Copenhagen, 1887)
online
; **''Samlede Skrifter,'' edited by F. C. Bornemann (Copenhagen, 1883)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aagesen, Andreas 1826 births 1879 deaths 19th-century Danish jurists Members of the Landsting (Denmark) Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen 19th-century Danish army officers Rectors of the University of Copenhagen