Eugen Huber
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Eugen Huber (July 31, 1849 – April 23, 1923) was a Swiss
Biography
Huber was born in Swiss
During this time, he began to write an extensive treatise on the private laws of the cantons, which was published in four volumes.[3] In 1892, he was asked by the Swiss government to draft the Swiss civil code (Zivilgesetzbuch), which he completed in 1904.[4] It was enacted in 1907 and entered into force in 1912. The Zivilgesetzbuch was applauded for being clear and modern, and it was later adopted in Turkey.
Huber was also a member of the Law Sources Commission of the Swiss Lawyers Society, which prepared the edition of the Collection of Swiss Law Sources.[5]
After 1908, he was one foreign correspondent of the first
Huber died in Bern on April 23, 1923, aged 73.
Notes
- ^ Stoffel, Walter A. (1987). "National Reports, Switzerland". In Knapp, Viktor (ed.). International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. Vol. I. Tübingen and Dorderecht, Boston, Lancaster: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. S-186.
- ^ Smithers, W.W. (1915). "Foreword". The Swiss Civil Code of December 10, 1907 (Effective January 1, 1912); Translated by Robert P. Shick, A.M., LL.B., Member of the Philadelphia Bar; Annotated by Charles Wetherill, A.B., LL.D., Member of the Philadelphia Bar; Corrected and Revised by Eugen Huber, Dr. Jur., Rer. Pub. et Phil., Law Professor, University of Berne; Alfred Siegwart, Dr.Jur., Professor of Swiss Law, University of Freiburg; Gordon E. Sherman, Ph.B., LL.B., Member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. Boston, U.S.A.: The Boston Book Company. p. V. Retrieved November 28, 2016 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Huber, Eugen (1912). "Switzerland". Association of American Law Schools, A General Survey of Events, Sources, Persons and Movements in Continental Legal History. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. XXXVII, 484–530. Retrieved November 29, 2016 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Historical Introduction". The Swiss Civil Code of December 10, 1907 (Effective January 1, 1912); Translated by Robert P. Shick, A.M., LL.B., Member of the Philadelphia Bar; Annotated by Charles Wetherill, A.B., LL.D., Member of the Philadelphia Bar; Corrected and Revised by Eugen Huber, Dr. Jur., Rer. Pub. et Phil., Law Professor, University of Berne; Alfred Siegwart, Dr.Jur., Professor of Swiss Law, University of Freiburg; Gordon E. Sherman, Ph.B., LL.B., Member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. Boston, U.S.A.: The Boston Book Company. 1915. p. XXVIII. Retrieved November 28, 2016 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lukas Gschwend: Die Sammlung Schweizerischer Rechtsquellen, herausgegeben von der Rechtsquellenstiftung des Schweizerischen Juristenvereins: Ein Monumentalwerk rechtshistorischer Grundlagenforschung. In: Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht. vol. 126/1, 2007, p. 435–457 (PDF Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine).
References
- Gabor Hamza, "Anmerkungen zu römischrechtlichen Einflüssen in der Geschichte der schweizerischen Privatrechtswissenschaft und Privatrechtskodifikation" Orbis Iuris Romani 8 (2003) pp. 9–20.
- Gabor Hamza, "Entstehung und Entwicklung der modernen Privatrechtsordnungen und die römischrechtliche Tradition", Budapest 2009, pp. 243–245.
External links
- (in French) Dominique Manaï-Wehrli,"Huber, Eugen" in Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, 29/04/2008.
- Publications by and about Eugen Huber in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
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