Simon van Leeuwen

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Simon van Leeuwen was a prominent 17th-century Dutch jurist whose writings helped systematize and shape Roman-Dutch law.

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Simon van Leeuwen (1626–1682) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person
human
jurist
legal scholar
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth 1626
dateOfDeath 1682
educatedAt University of Leiden
surface form: Leiden University
ethnicGroup Dutch
fieldOfWork Roman-Dutch law
civil law
legal history
gender male
genre legal treatise
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
Latin
legalSystemInfluenced Roman-Dutch law
Roman-Dutch law
surface form: South African law

Sri Lankan law
movement Roman-Dutch legal tradition
name Simon van Leeuwen self-link
notableFor influence on South African private law
systematization of Roman-Dutch law
notableWork Censura Forensis
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani
Rooms-Hollands-Regt
occupation jurist
lawyer
legal historian
professor
placeOfBirth Leiden
placeOfDeath Leiden
positionHeld advocate at the Court of Holland
pensionary of Leiden
professor of law at Leiden University
writingStyle systematic exposition of law

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Censura Forensis author Simon van Leeuwen
Rooms-Hollands-Regt author Simon van Leeuwen
Censura Forensis authorNameInFull Simon van Leeuwen
this entity surface form: Simon van Leeuwen (1626–1682)
Simon van Leeuwen name Simon van Leeuwen self-link
Roman-Dutch law notableJurist Simon van Leeuwen