The Philosopher
Johann Ulrich von Cramer
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- German
- Schools:
- Wolffianism
- Period:
- Enlightenment
The synopsis
Johann Ulrich von Cramer (8 November 1706 – 18 June 1772) was an eminent German judge, legal scholar, and Enlightenment philosopher. He was the most important representative of Wolffianism in the area of law. He was first a university professor at the University of Marburg and then one of the highest judges of the Holy Roman Empire, both in Vienna and Wetzlar.
The works
Opuscula
Sammlung juristischer Ausführungen einiger vertheidigten Rechts-Sachen, welche bey denen höchsten Reichs-Gerichtern durch den Druck bekandt gemacht worden
Specimen novum intellectus legum profundius eruendi
De iurisconsulto inventore
De pacto hereditario renunciativo filiae nobilis
Specimen novum iuris naturalis de aequitate in probabilibus