Gustav Hugo

Gustav Hugo ( born November 23, 1764 in Lörrach, † September 15, 1844 in Göttingen ) was a German lawyer.

Life

Gustav Conrad Hugo was the son of Baden Country writer Johann Michael Hugo (1718-1799) and Sophia Elizabeth H., born Morstadt ( 1725-1784 ). From the high school in Karlsruhe, he went in 1782 to the University of Göttingen, where he spent three years studying law. After he was appointed teacher Leopold of Anhalt- Dessau, he received his doctorate in 1788 at the University of Halle. In the same year he was recalled as an associate professor in Göttingen, where he. Then full professor in 1792 wurde.1802 appointment as Councillor Gustav Hugo was in 1797 married to Julie H., born Mylius ( 1774-1821 ). Their daughter Pauline Hugo was married to Karl Otfried Müller.

In the preface to his contributions to civilistischen book knowledge of the last forty years (1828-1829) he outlines the conditions under which could be taught at the time in Göttingen civil law. Gustav Hugo used a very personal and trusting correspondence as well as a friendly relationship with the brothers Grimm.

As in the existing laws of the Roman law and Germanic elements without criticism and discrimination were interwoven, welded for the practical use in a supposedly a whole, could not say whether the historical truth or the practical motivations were more prejudiced one. As this was also passed from person to person, new errors crept in, and even the best teachers could no longer escape the wrong methods, which were now become tradition.

With this evil Gustav had to fight Hugo, when he became the founder of the historical school of jurisprudence, which was then continued and expanded by Friedrich Carl von Savigny. His main work is the textbook of a civilistischen Cursus ( 7 volumes. , 1792-1821 ), in which his method was thoroughly worked out, and the Zivilistische magazine ( 6 volumes, 1790-1837 ).