Eugen Huber

Eugen Huber (b. July 31, 1849—April 23, 1923) was a Swiss jurist and creator of the Swiss civil code of 1907. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... The Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB) is the Swiss civil code. ...

Huber was born in Swiss Canton of Zürich on July 31, 1849. His father was a physician. At the University of Zurich, Huber studied jurisprudence, where he recieved a doctorate in 1872 with a thesis on "The Swiss law of inheritance in its development since the separation of the Old Swiss Confederacy from the German Reich." In 1875, he was a correspondent for a newspaper in Zurich until he replaced a judge in Appenzell from 1877 until 1880. In 1880, he became a professor of Swiss civil and federal law at the University of Basel and later, in 1888, he became a professor at Halle University in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Wittenberg, where he lectured historical jurisprudence, private and commercial law, public land law as well as church rights and philosophy of law. The Swiss canton of Zürich (German: Kanton Zürich) has a population of about 1. ... A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... The University of Zurich (in German: Universität Zürich) is the largest university of Switzerland, in the city of Zurich. ... Jurisprudence is the scientific and historic study of law, inclusive of: Legal history, including legal historiography and hermeneutics; Legal philosophy; Legal science, e. ... For other uses, see inheritance (disambiguation). ... 1550 illustration for the Sempacherbrief of 1393, one of the major alliance contracts of the Old Swiss Confederacy The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern-day Switzerland. ... This page is about the Germanic empire. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ... Alternate uses: see Appenzell (disambiguation) Appenzell is a region in Switzerland consisting of the cantons Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden, both are surrounded by the canton of St. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Civil law has at least three meanings. ... Federal law is the body of law created by the federal government of a nation. ... The University of Basel (German: Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. ... The Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg is located in the German cities of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Wittenberg. ... Map of Germany showing Halle Halle (also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish from Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia) is the largest town in the German Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. ... Statue of Martin Luther in the main square Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, at 12° 59 E, 51° 51 N, on the Elbe river. ... Private law is that part of a legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals such as the law of contract or torts as it is called in the common law and the law of obligations as it is called in civilian legal systems. ... Commercial law or business law is the body of law which governs business and commerce and is often considered to be a branch of civil law and deals both with issues of private law and public law. ... In all modern states, some land is held by central or local governments. ... The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ...

During this time, he began to elaborate an extensive representation of the private laws of the cantons, which accumulated four volumes. In 1892, he was asked by the Swiss government to develop the Swiss civil code (Zivilgesetzbuch). He felt an obligation to do this and completed it in 1904. It was adopted in 1907 and put into law in 1912. The Zivilgesetzbuch was applauded for being clear and modern. A canton is: a territorial subdivision of a country (especially France or Quebec), see canton (subnational entity) the top inner quarter of a flag, see flag terminology a subordinary in heraldry occupying the (shield holders) upper right-hand (dexter) ninth of the field the name of a number of... A civil code is a systematic compilation of laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law. ...

Eugen Huber died on April 23, 1923 in Berne, Switzerland. For other uses, see Bern (disambiguation). ...