Ernst Zitelmann
Ernst Zitelmann [tsi:tlman] (August 7, 1852, Stettin - November 28, 1923, Bonn) was a German jurist.
He studied Law at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg, Bonn. In 1873 he got his dissertation at the university of Leipzig with the topic "Begriff und Wesen der juristischen Person" ("concept and constitution of a legal person").
Later on he received great public attention by publishing an article on "Die juristische Willenserklärung ("the juridical declaration of intent", 1878) and a monograph named "Irrtum und Rechtsgeschäft" ("error and act of legal significance", 1879). Because of that he was nominated as associate professor at the University of Göttingen in 1879. Some months later he went to the University of Rostock as regular professor.
He taught as a professor at the University of Rostock (1879-1881), University of Halle (1881-1884), University of Bonn (1884-1921).
Zitelman died because of a failing operation in 1923 in Bonn.
Literary works
- Begriff und Wesen der juristischen Person, 1873
- Die juristische Willenserklärung, 1878
- Irrtum und Rechtsgeschäft, 1879
- Die Möglichkeit des Weltrechts, 1888
- Verschulden gegen sich selbst, 1900 (lost)
- Das Recht des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches, 1900
- Internationales Privatrecht, 2 vols., 1897-1912
See also
- Katharina Zitelmann (pseudonym: Katharina Rinhart), writer (December 26, 1844, Stettin - February 4, 1926, Berlin)
External links
- Ebook Das Recht des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches, 1900 (hosted by Max Planck Institute for European History of Law in Frankfurt)
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