Philosopher

Friedrich Carl von Savigny

Overview

Friedrich Carl von Savigny (21 February 1779 – 25 October 1861) was a German jurist and legal historian. He served as professor of jurisprudence and was rector of the University of Berlin in 1812–1813. Savigny was also a member of the Prussian State Council and, from 1842 to 1848, Minister of State for Legal Reform (Staatsminister für Gesetzesrevision). He is regarded, along with Gustav Hugo, as a co-founder of the German historical school of jurisprudence.

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Philosophers who discussed Friedrich Carl von Savigny

• Franz Brentano
• Rudolf von Jhering
• Eugen Dühring

Ideas Friedrich Carl von Savigny discusses

• Western philosophy
• Jurisprudence
• German philosophy
• Christian Wolff (philosopher)
• Professor
• 19th-century philosophy
• Bologna
• Kingdom of Prussia
• Roman law
• Humboldt University of Berlin
• Wilhelm von Humboldt
• Berlin
• Prussia
• Marburg University
• Jurist
• Clemens Brentano
• Eduard Gans
• Rudolf von Jhering

Place in the tradition

Part of Conservatism.

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