Carl Otto von Madai

Carl Otto von Madai (March 23, 1809 – June 4, 1850) was a German law professor, politician, and statesman.

Madai was born in Halle, and studied at the University of Halle. He became a lecturer there in 1832 and professor in 1835. He moved to the University of Dorpat in 1837, where he stayed until in 1843 he became a private secretary of Duchess Elisabeth von Nassau. In 1845 he became Professor of Law at the University of Kiel, where he took part in the debates over the Schleswig-Holstein Question. He participated in the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848, and then became envoy of the provisional government of Schleswig-Holstein to the German Confederation. In 1849 he also became Professor of Law at the University of Freiburg, where he died in 1850.

His cousin Guido von Madai was a Prussian civil servant.

References

* cite encyclopedia | title = Madai | encyclopedia = Meyers Konversations-Lexikon | edition = 4th edition | year = 1890 | | volume = 11 | pages = p. 40 | url = http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=110733
* cite book | author = Marju Luts | chapter = Die juristichen Zeitschriften der baltischen Osteeprovinzen Russlands im 19. Jahrhundert | title = Juristische Zeitschriften in Europa | editor = Michael Stolleis & Thomas Simon | publisher = Vittorio Klostermann | year = 2006 | id = ISBN 3465040155 | pages = p. 71