Emil Albert Friedberg
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Emil Albert Friedberg was a German
canonist.
Friedberg was born at Konitz
, Province of Prussia
. His Jewish parents had joined the Evangelical Church in Prussia before his birth, letting him baptised Protestant. Friedberg was educated at Berlin
and Heidelberg
. After having been a member of the faculty at Berlin, Halle, and Freiberg
, he was appointed professor
at Leipzig
in 1869.
The new critical edition of the Corpus Juris Canonici (1879-81) was prepared by Friedberg, as was also the Formelbuch des deutschen Handels-, Wechsel-, und Seerechts (third edition, 1894). Alike in his collaboration in the Prussian
church laws of 1872 and as an author, he showed himself a champion of state supremacy in ecclesiastical matters, and many of his works deal with this subject in its various bearings. Perhaps the best known of his numerous publications are the following:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
canonist.
Friedberg was born at Konitz
Chojnice
Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with 39 670 inhabitants , near famous Tuchola Forest, Lake Charzykowskie and many other water reservoirs. It is the capital of the Chojnice County....
, Province of Prussia
Province of Prussia
The Province of Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1829-1878 created out of the provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia....
. His Jewish parents had joined the Evangelical Church in Prussia before his birth, letting him baptised Protestant. Friedberg was educated at Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
and Heidelberg
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
The Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg is a public research university located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386, it is the oldest university in Germany and was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire. Heidelberg has been a coeducational institution...
. After having been a member of the faculty at Berlin, Halle, and Freiberg
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg is a small German University of Technology with about 5000 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony...
, he was appointed professor
Professor
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at Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
in 1869.
The new critical edition of the Corpus Juris Canonici (1879-81) was prepared by Friedberg, as was also the Formelbuch des deutschen Handels-, Wechsel-, und Seerechts (third edition, 1894). Alike in his collaboration in the Prussian
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
church laws of 1872 and as an author, he showed himself a champion of state supremacy in ecclesiastical matters, and many of his works deal with this subject in its various bearings. Perhaps the best known of his numerous publications are the following:
- Die Geschichte der Zivilehe (second edition, 1877)
- Lehrbuch des katholischen und evangelischen Kirchenrechts (fifth edition, 1903)
- Verfassungsgesetze der evangelisch-deutschen Landeskirchen (1885, et seq.).