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Bernhard Windscheid

1817 - 1892

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Bernhard Windscheid (26 June 1817 – 26 October 1892) was a German jurist and a member of the pandectistic school of law thought. He became famous with his essay on the concept of a legal action, which sparkled a debate with Theodor Muther that is said to have initiated the studies of the processal law as we know it today. Windscheid's thesis established the modern German law concept of Anspruch (roughly, a legally enforceable claim), distinguishing it from the Roman law concept of actio. His principal work was his Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, and this was the main source of inspiration for the German Civil Code – the BGB. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Windscheid has received more than 29,806 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Windscheid is the 44th most popular lawyer, the 2,708th most popular biography from Germany and the 6th most popular German Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Bernhard Windscheid ranks 44 out of 136. Before him are Asad ibn al-Furat, Heinrich Marx, Hans von Dohnanyi, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Bill Gates Sr., and Tivadar Soros. After him are William Blackstone, Adrian Năstase, Cino da Pistoia, Karl Binding, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and Robert Bilott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Bernhard Windscheid ranks 36. Before him are Carl Nägeli, Mihail Kogălniceanu, José Zorrilla, Nikolay Kostomarov, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary. After him are Nikoloz Baratashvili, Karl Vogt, Adolphe Alphand, Georg Herwegh, George Frederic Watts, and Alfred Józef Potocki. Among people deceased in 1892, Bernhard Windscheid ranks 40. Before him are Jules Perrot, Peter Nicolai Arbo, Charles Lavigerie, Carlo Cafiero, Hermann Burmeister, and Enrico Betti. After him are Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Jan Czerski, Alexander Cartwright, Abdyl Frashëri, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, and Anthon van Rappard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Windscheid ranks 2,708 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891), Ewald Hering (1834), Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664), Frederick of Saxony (1474), Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822), and Erich Hückel (1896). After him are John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Sabina of Bavaria (1492), Sibel Kekilli (1980), Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727), Klaus Voormann (1938), and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819).

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Among LAWYERS In Germany

Among lawyers born in Germany, Bernhard Windscheid ranks 6. Before him are Rudolf von Jhering (1818), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Hans Litten (1903), and Heinrich Marx (1777). After him are Karl Binding (1841), Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), and Christian Gottfried Körner (1756).

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