Josef Kohler was a German jurist

Jurist

A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

, author and poet.

Biography

He studied at Offenburg and Rastatt

Rastatt

Rastatt is a city and baroque residence in the District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50'000...

 gymnasiums

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 and Freiburg

University of Freiburg

The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...

 and Heidelberg universities. He became doctor of laws (1873) and was appointed judge at Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

 (1874). He was a professor at Würzburg

University of Würzburg

The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

 (1878) and Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

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 (1888). Through his many contributions to the Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft and other law journals he aided much in advancing the comparative history of law

Law

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Journals

• Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (editor)
• Archiv für Rechts- und Wirtschftasphilosophie (editor)
• Archiv für bürgerliches Recht und Berliner juristischen Beiträge (founder with Viktor Ring)

Comparative history of law

• Moderne Rechtsfragen bei islamitischen Juristen (Würzburg 1885)
• Das chinesische Strafrecht (Würzburg 1886)
• Rechtsvergleichende Studien über islamitisches Recht, das Recht der Berbern, das chinesische Recht und das Recht auf Ceylon (Berlin 1889)
• Altindisches Prozessrecht (Stuttgart 1891)

Civil law

• Deutsches Patentrecht (Mannheim 1878)
• Das Autorrecht (Jena 1880)
• Beiträge zur germanischen Privatrechtsgeschichte (Würzburg 1883-88)
• Das Recht des Markenschutzes (Würzburg 1885)
• Der Prozess als Rechtsverhältnis (1888)
• Aus dem Patent- und Industrierecht (Mannheim 1888)
• Forschungen aus dem Patentrecht (Mannheim 1888)
• Das literarische und artistische Kunstwerk und sein Autorschutz (Mannheim 1892)
• Zur Urgeschichte der Ehe (1897)
• Handbuch des deutsches Patentrechts (Mannheim 1900-01)
• Einführung in die Rechtswissenschaft (Leipzig 1902)
• Kunstwerkrecht (1908)

Philosophy of law

• Shakespeare vor dem Forum der Jurisprudenz (Würzburg 1883)
• Das Recht als Kulturer scheinung (Würzburg 1885)
• Das Wesen der Strafe (Würzburg 1888)
• Lehrbuch der Rechtsphilosophie (1908)

History of art

• Aus dem Lande der Kunst (Würzburg 1882)
• Aesthetische Streifereien (Mannheim 1889)
• Zur Charakteristik Richard Wagners (Mannheim 1893)

Poetry

• Lyrische Gedichte und Balladen (Berlin 1892)
• Feuermythus oder Apotheose des Menschengeistes; nach Motiven der polynesischen Sage (Berlin 1893)
• Der Liebestod: nach motiven der mexikanischen Ueberlieferung (Berlin 1893)
• Neue Dichtungen (Berlin 1895)
• Melusine, a dramatic poem (1896)
• Dantes Heilige Reise (Cologne 1901-03)
• Aus Petrarcas Sonettenschatz (Berlin 1902-03)