Josef Kohler (9 March 1849 – 3 August 1919) was a

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, author and poet.

Biography

Kohler was born in

Offenburg Offenburg (; "open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrat ...

. He studied at Offenburg and

Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 51,000 (2022). Rastatt was an ...

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and

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

and

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

universities. He became

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(1873) and was appointed judge at

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

(1874). He was a professor at

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

(1878) and

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

(1888). Through his many contributions to the ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft'' and other law journals he aided much in advancing the comparative history of

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. Kohler died in

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, aged 70.

Literary works

Journals

* ''Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft'' (editor) * ''Archiv für Rechts- und Wirtschaftsphilosophie'' (editor) * ''Archiv für bürgerliches Recht und Berliner juristische Beiträge'' (founder with Viktor Ring)

Comparative history of law

* ''Moderne Rechtsfragen bei islamitischen Juristen'' (Würzburg 1885) * ''Das chinesische Strafrecht'' (Würzburg 1886) * ''Rechtsvergleichende Studien über islamitisches Recht, das Recht der Berbern, das chinesische Recht und das Recht auf Ceylon'' (Berlin 1889) * ''Altindisches Prozessrecht'' (Stuttgart 1891)

Civil law

* ''Deutsches Patentrecht'' (Mannheim 1878) * ''Das Autorrecht'' (Jena 1880) * ''Beiträge zur germanischen Privatrechtsgeschichte'' (Würzburg 1883-88) * ''Das Recht des Markenschutzes'' (Würzburg 1885) * ''Der Prozess als Rechtsverhältnis'' (1888) * ''Aus dem Patent- und Industrierecht'' (Mannheim 1888) * ''Forschungen aus dem Patentrecht'' (Mannheim 1888) * ''Das literarische und artistische Kunstwerk und sein Autorschutz'' (Mannheim 1892) * ''Zur Urgeschichte der Ehe'' (1897) * ''Handbuch des deutsches Patentrechts'' (Mannheim 1900-01) * ''Einführung in die Rechtswissenschaft'' (Leipzig 1902) * ''Leitfaden des deutschen Konkursrechts'' (Stuttgart 1903) * ''Kunstwerkrecht'' (1908)

Philosophy of law

* ''Shakespeare vor dem Forum der Jurisprudenz'' (Würzburg 1883) * ''Das Recht als Kulturerscheinung'' (Würzburg 1885) * ''Das Wesen der Strafe'' (Würzburg 1888) * ''Lehrbuch der Rechtsphilosophie'' (1908)

International law

* ''Grundlagen des Völkerrechts'' (1918)

History of art

* ''Aus dem Lande der Kunst'' (Würzburg 1882) * ''Aesthetische Streifereien'' (Mannheim 1889) * ''Zur Charakteristik Richard Wagners'' (Mannheim 1893)

Poetry

* ''Lyrische Gedichte und Balladen'' (Berlin 1892) * ''Feuermythus oder Apotheose des Menschengeistes; nach Motiven der polynesischen Sage'' (Berlin 1893) * ''Der Liebestod: nach motiven der mexikanischen Ueberlieferung'' (Berlin 1893) * ''Neue Dichtungen'' (Berlin 1895) * ''Melusine'', a dramatic poem (1896) * ''Dantes Heilige Reise'' (Cologne 1901-03) * ''Aus Petrarcas Sonettenschatz'' (Berlin 1902-03)

Notes

References

* * * Gabor Hamza: "Comparative Law and Antiquity", Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1991 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohler, Josef 1849 births 1919 deaths People from Offenburg People from the Grand Duchy of Baden Jurists from Baden-Württemberg German poets German male poets Writers from Baden-Württemberg Translators of Dante Alighieri German Peace Society members University of Freiburg alumni Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin