Bernahrd Windscheid (July 16, 1817 in Düsseldorf – October 26, 1892) was a German jurist of the XIX Century and member of the pandectistic school of law thought. He became famous with his essay on the legal concept of action, that sparkled a debate with Theodor Muther, debate that is said initiated the studies of the procesal law, as we know it today. Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ...

Windscheid thesis said that the roman law concept of "actio" can not be confused with the modern concept of action, (Klage in German), but it was similar to the concept of "anspruch" (pretension). Later he began the studies of the German civil law writing the book Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, this book was the main source of inspiration for the German Civil Code BGB. Between 1873 and 1883 he took part in the commission in charge of the redaction of a German civil code. Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome. ... The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB) was the civil code of the German Empire and continues to act as the central law for german civil law. ...

He worked as a teacher at several universities in Germany and Switzerland: Basel Greifswald München Heidelberg Leipzig Location within Switzerland Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian and Spanish: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands... Greifswald (German Greif=griffin, Wald=forest) is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...

Main Works:

Bernhard Windscheid: Gesammelte Reden und Abhandlungen. Leipzig 1904

Bernhard Windscheid: Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts in drei Bänden. Mit Anmerkungen von Theodor Kipp, 9. Auflage, Leipzig 1906 (Erstauflage 1862–1870)

External links

• [1] Leipzig University (German)