Benedikt Carpzov the Younger

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Benedikt Carpzov the Younger was a prominent 17th-century German jurist often regarded as a founder of modern criminal law in Germany.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Johann Benedikt Carpzov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal law theorist
human
jurist
legal scholar
academicDiscipline criminal jurisprudence
law
citizenship German
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony
Holy Roman Empire
dateOfBirth 1595-10-27
dateOfDeath 1666-08-30
describedAs founder of modern German criminal law
educatedAt University of Wittenberg
era 17th century
father Benedikt Carpzov the Elder
fieldOfWork Roman law
canon law
criminal law
public law
gender male
influenced development of criminal procedure in German territories
influencedBy Roman law
surface form: Roman law tradition

canon law tradition
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
legalSystem Roman-canon law tradition
Saxon territorial law
memberOf Carpzov family
movement German territorial law (Landesrecht)
nativeLanguage German
notableFor influence on early modern German legal practice
systematization of criminal law in Germany
notableWork Practica nova Imperialis Saxonica rerum criminalium
occupation judge
jurist
professor
placeOfActivity Electorate of Saxony
Leipzig NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Wittenberg
placeOfBurial Leipzig NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Leipzig NERFINISHED
positionHeld Saxon high court judge
Saxon privy councillor
professor of law at the University of Leipzig
religion Lutheranism
sibling Benedikt Carpzov the Younger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Johann Benedikt Carpzov
workPeriod early 17th century
mid 17th century

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University of Frankfurt (Oder) notableProfessor Benedikt Carpzov the Younger
Benedikt Carpzov the Younger sibling Benedikt Carpzov the Younger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Johann Benedikt Carpzov