Henning Matzen (28 December 1840 – 18 July 1910) was a Danish politician, jurist and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the

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. He was member of the Landsting from 1879 to 1910, representing the conservative party

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, and its speaker from 1894 to 1902.

Biography

He graduated from the

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with a degree in law in 1864 and he became a professor at the university in 1870. As one of the leading Danish expounders of constitutional law of his time, he was the legal expert who provided Council President

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with those interpretations of the constitution that made his rule on provisional laws 1885–1894 possible.Skou, p. 458. In 1902 he acted as the president of the five arbitrators at

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in the

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dispute between the United States and Mexico, having been chosen by the other four arbitrators. This was the first dispute between states arbitrated by the

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Notes

References

*Dahl, Frantz (1923). "Liebe, Carl Christian Vilhelm" in Dahl, Svend; Engelstoft, P. (eds.) ''Dansk Biografisk Haandleksikon, andet bind''. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp
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*Goos, C. (1897).

in C. F. Bricka (ed.) ''

Dansk Biografisk Lexikon ''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 ...

tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814. XI. bind, Maar — Müllner.'' Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 193–97. *Skou, Kaare R. (2005). ''Dansk politik A–Å'' . Aschehoug. .

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* 1840 births 1910 deaths Danish jurists Speakers of the Landsting (Denmark) University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Danish judges of international courts and tribunals {{Denmark-academic-bio-stub