Cornelius van Bynkershoek
Cornelis van Bijnkershoek (a.k.a. Cornelius van Bynkershoek) (29 May 1673, in Middelburg – 16 April 1743, in The Hague) was a Dutch jurist and legal theorist who was educated at the University of Franeker. After two years study, he began to apply himself to jurisprudence.[citation needed] He resolved to reform the common law of his country, and took as the basis of a new system the principles of Roman law.[1]
He later contributed to the development of international law in works like De Dominio Maris Dissertatio (1702); Observationes Juris Romani (1710), of which a continuation in four books appeared in 1733; the treatise De foro legatorum (1721); and the Quaestiones Juris Publici (1737).[2][3] Complete editions of his works were published after his death; one in folio at Geneva in 1761, and another in two volumes folio at Leiden in 1766.[1] He was president of the Hoge Raad van Holland en Zeeland (Supreme Court of the Dutch Republic) from 1724 to 1743.
Van Bynkershoek was especially important in the development of the
References
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bynkershoek, Cornelius Van". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 896. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ISBN 978-1-58477-566-9.
- ISBN 1-57588-258-2. Online copy.
External links
- Phillipson, Coleman (1913). "CORNELIUS VAN BYNKERSHOEK". In Macdonell, John; Manson, Edward William Donoghue (eds.). Great Jurists of the World. London: John Murray. pp. 390-417. Retrieved 9 March 2019 – via Internet Archive.