Julius Anton Glaser

Julius Anton Glaser ( * when Joshua Glaser on March 19, 1831 in Postelberg, Bohemia, † December 26, 1885 in Vienna ) was an Austrian jurist and liberal politician.

Life

Julius Anton Glaser, excellent detective, the son of Jewish parents joined, later converted to Christianity.

1849 PhD at the University of Zurich to the doctor of philosophy, he made himself, not yet 20 years old, known for his monograph The Anglo- Scottish criminal proceedings ( Vienna 1850) as a detective writer and habilitated after obtaining the legal doctorate in 1854 in Vienna as a private for Austrian criminal law, to which he was an associate in 1856, full professor in 1860.

An avid member of the German Jurists, he was also for reform of the Austrian Criminal Code, namely for the realization of the new Code of Criminal Procedure, works. On November 25, 1871, he joined the cabinet as Minister of Justice in Adolf of Auersperg, where he remained until 1879. As representatives of the inner city of Vienna in the House he was among the most gifted followers of the party of the left. Since 1879 Attorney General at the Supreme Court, he died on December 26, 1885 in Vienna.

According to Glaser's death the widow, Wilhelmine Glaser born Lowenthal was ( born April 18, 1836 in Vienna, † April 13, 1918 in Edlach ), and the children Eleonore ( 1869-1942 ) [Note 1], Henrica ( 1869-1942 ) [Note 1] and Ludwig ( 1875-1915 ), the hereditary baron conferred on the Glaser was awarded the Grand Cross of the Austro- Imperial Leopold Order and Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown 1st Classe According to the statutes was entitled.

In 1888 ( 9th district ) was named the Glasergasse after him in Vienna Alsergrund.

Writings

From his writings are to be emphasized:

  • Treatises from the Austrian Criminal Law (Vienna 1858, Vol 1);
  • Indictment, verdict and appeal in the English trial by jury (Erlangen, 1866);
  • Collected smaller writings on criminal law, civil and criminal procedure (Vienna 1868, 2 vols, 2nd edition 1883);
  • Studies on the design of the Austrian penal code on crimes and misdemeanors (Vienna, 1871);
  • Judicial Oath discussions (2nd edition, das. 1875);
  • Contributions to the theory of proof in criminal proceedings (Leipzig 1883).

In Karl Bindings Handbook of German law, he worked the Criminal Procedure (Leipzig 1883-85, 2 vols ). With Joseph Unger and J. v. Walther he gave the collection of civil judgments of the Imperial Supreme Court (Vienna 1859 ff, 2nd edition 1873 et seq ), with Stubenrauch and Nowak the General Austrian court newspaper (1864 ff ) out.

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