Emil Albert Friedberg

Emil Albert Friedberg ( born December 22, 1837 in Konitz (West Prussia), † September 7, 1910 in Leipzig ) was a lawyer and canon law teacher.

Life

The originating from a German - Jewish family, but baptized Emil Albert Friedberg studied from 1856 at the University of Berlin and the summer semester 1857 at the University of Heidelberg 's rights. In 1861 he received his doctorate in Berlin with a legal-historical dissertation on the relationship between state and church, 1862 he habilitated also in Berlin and in 1865 associate professor at the University of Halle. In 1868 he became a full professor at the University of Freiburg, but in 1869 went to the University of Leipzig. There he became one in the field of canon law internationally important scholars. He counted especially in the area of state and church into one of the most important authors of the 19th century. In addition, he created the today authoritative edition of the Corpus Juris Canonici (1879 /81 reprint 1955/59 ). In 1881 he received the title of Privy Court Councillor. 1896/97 he was rector of the University of Leipzig.

In the dispute between church and state, he was one of the foremost champions of state sovereignty. He devoted to this topic numerous writings, including the renowned work "The boundaries between church and state and the guarantees against their violation " of 1872 protrudes. He was also involved in the adoption of the Prussian Church Law of 1872 in an influential manner.

Friedberg had also acquired significant contribution to the historiography of the University of Leipzig. This concerns mainly his work on the law faculty. This found its most lasting rainfall in 1909 in the Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the University Leipzig. Also there is a 1898 published general representation of the University of Leipzig from him. His most important contributions, however, he earned with the publication of: A new critical edition of the Corpus Juris Canonici (Leipzig 1879-81, 2 Tle ) This remained unfinished.

Since 1897 Friedberg honorary citizen of the city of Leipzig.

Works

Already in his dissertation De Finium inter ecclesiam et civitatem regundorum judicio (Leipzig 1861), he argued for the rights of the State over the Church.

The same tendency he followed in his other numerous writings:

  • Marriage and marriage in medieval Germany. Berlin 1864.
  • The law of marriage in its historical development. Leipzig 1865.
  • The Protestant and Catholic Church of the newly incorporated countries in their relations with the Prussian State Church and the State. Hall in 1867.
  • From German penitentials. Hall 1868.
  • The veto of governments in episcopal elections. Hall 1869
  • Liturgy, as it is held in the Elector of Saxony lands in the churches. Hall, 1869.
  • The history of civil marriage. Berlin 1870.
  • The State and the Catholic Church in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Leipzig, 1871. 2nd edition 1874.
  • The German Empire and the Catholic Church. Leipzig 1872.
  • The boundaries between church and state. Tübingen 1872.
  • Collection of documents in the file for the first Vatican Council. Tübingen 1872.
  • The Prussian draft laws on the position of the Church to the state. Leipzig 1873.
  • Johannes Baptista Baltzer. Leipzig 1873.
  • The State and the episcopal elections in Germany. Leipzig 1874.
  • Documents in the file, the Old Catholic movement concerning. Tübingen 1876.
  • Textbook of Catholic and Protestant church law. Leipzig, 1879. 2nd edition 1884.
  • The Collegium Juridicum. Leipzig 1882.
  • The current constitutional laws of the Protestant German Lutheran Church. Freiburg. i.Br. 1885.

In addition, he published a new critical edition of the Corpus Juris Canonici (Leipzig 1879-81, 2 Tle ) and the Quinque compilationes Antiquae (Leipzig 1882).

He edited since 1864 by Richard Wilhelm Dove, the magazine of Canon Law.

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