Christian Friedrich Koch

Christian Friedrich Koch (born Mohrin, 9 February 1798; died Neisse, Silesia, 21 January 1872) was a German jurist.

Biography

He studied under Savigny until 1825 and wrote Versuch einer systematischen Darstellung der Lehre vom Besitz nach preussischem Recht (Berlin 1826). This brought him immediate recognition and led to his numerous appointments. He studied French law in Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle and was appointed justice of the supreme court at Marienwerder (1829). He was appointed director of the law courts, successively, at Kulm^{[disambiguation needed ]} (1832), Grossglogau (1834) and Halle^{[disambiguation needed ]} (1840). His last appointment was as director of the court of justice of the principality at Neisse. In 1848, he was summoned to Berlin to draft the new code of civil procedure. He retired in 1854.

Work

He reconstructed the entire Prussian jurisprudence, upon the theory and practice of which his work exerted great influence. He wrote Das Recht der Forderungen nach gemeinem und preussischem Recht (Breslau, 1836-43; Berlin, 1858-59), Lehrbuch des preussischen Privatrechts (Berlin, 1845; 2d ed., 1857-58), Das preussische Erbrecht aus dem gemeinen deutschen Recht entwickelt (Prussian inheritance law derived from German common law; Berlin, 1866), Das preussische Zivilprozessrecht (Prussian civil law; Berlin, 1847; 6th ed., 1871). Another important work of his was Kommentar zum Allgemeinen Landrecht (Berlin, 1852-55; 8th ed., 1883-87). He was founder of the Schlesisches Archiv für die praktische Rechtwissenschaft (Berlin, 1837-46).

Further reading

• Behrend, J. F., Christian Friedrich Koch (Berlin, 1872)
• Albert Teichmann (1882) (in German). "Koch, Christian Friedrich". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 16. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 368–371.

References

This article incorporates text from publications now in the public domain:

•  "Koch, Christian Friedrich". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. 
•  "Koch, Christian Friedrich". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. 

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Name	Koch, Christian Friedrich
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Date of birth	9 February 1798
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Date of death	21 January 1872
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