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Johann Rudolf Engau (28 April 1708 – 18 January 1755) was a German jurist.
Engau was born in Erfurt. He entered the University of Jena in 1726, and earned a doctorate of law from there in 1734. In 1738 he became extraordinary professor at Jena, and in 1740 became full professor as well as assessor (law), assessor for the magistrates' court (''Schöffenstuhl'').
In 1743 he was promoted to Institute Professor and assessor for the regional court (''Landgericht (medieval), Landgericht''); in 1746 became chair of the law faculty; and in 1748 ''Hofrat''. His major publications were compendiums of German private law, private, criminal law, criminal, and canon law.
Johann Rudolf Engau (28 April 1708 – 18 January 1755) was a German jurist.
Engau was born in Erfurt. He entered the University of Jena in 1726, and earned a doctorate of law from there in 1734. In 1738 he became extraordinary professor at Jena, and in 1740 became full professor as well as assessor (law), assessor for the magistrates' court (''Schöffenstuhl'').
In 1743 he was promoted to Institute Professor and assessor for the regional court (''Landgericht (medieval), Landgericht''); in 1746 became chair of the law faculty; and in 1748 ''Hofrat''. His major publications were compendiums of German private law, private, criminal law, criminal, and canon law.
Works
* ''Elementa iuris Germanici civilis'' (1736; 4th ed. 1752) * ''Elementa iuris criminalis Germanico Carolini'' (1738; 7th ed. with notes by J. A. Hellfeld, 1777) * ''Elementa iuris canonico pontificio ecclesiastici'' (1739; 5th ed. 1765) * ''Decisiones et responsa iuris selecta'' (1761)References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engau, Johann Rudolf 1708 births 1755 deaths Jurists from Thuringia Academic staff of the University of Jena University of Jena alumni People from Erfurt 18th-century German jurists