The Most Famous
LAWYERS from Croatia
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Lawyers of all time. This list of famous Croatian Lawyers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Valtazar Bogišić (1834 - 1908)
With an HPI of 58.86, Valtazar Bogišić is the most famous Croatian Lawyer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Valtazar Bogišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Валтазар Богишић; 20 December 1834 – 24 April 1908), also known as Baltazar and Baldo Bogišić, was a Serb jurist from Dubrovnik and a pioneer in sociology. In the domain of private law his most notable research was on family structure and the unique Montenegrin civil code of 1888. He is considered to be a pioneer in the sociology of law and sociological jurisprudence. He was also a follower of the German Historical School of law, and may be considered a transitional figure between the Historical School and sociological approaches to law. In 1902 Bogišić was elected president of the International Institute of Sociology in Paris.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Croatian lawyers born between 1834 and 1834. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Croatian lawyers include Valtazar Bogišić. As of April 2024, 1 new Croatian lawyers have been added to Pantheon including Valtazar Bogišić.
