Bernhard Windscheid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernhard Windscheid

German jurist

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1817

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1892

Profession: jurist, university teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Bernhard Windscheid (July 26, 1817 in Düsseldorf – October 26, 1892, Leipzig) was a German jurist and a member of the pandectistic school of law thought.
He became famous with his essay on the concept of a legal action, which sparkled a debate with Theodor Muther that is said to have initiated the studies of the processal law as we know it today.
Windscheid's thesis established the modern German law concept of Anspruch (roughly, a legally enforceable claim), distinguishing it from the Roman law concept of actio.
His principal work was his Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, and this was the main source of inspiration for the German Civil Code BGB.
Between 1873 and 1883, Windscheid took part in the commission in charge of the drafting of the German Civil Code. Additionally, Windscheid worked as a teacher at several universities in Germany and Switzerland, including Basel, Greifswald, München, Heidelberg, and Leipzig.



Alternative names	Franz Hanfstaengl
Description	German photographer and lithographer
Date of birth/death	1 March 1804	18 April 1877
Location of birth/death	Q803729 near Bad Tölz, Bavaria	Munich
Work period	1833 - 1868
Work location	Dresden; Munich
Authority control	: Q647812 VIAF: 98871537 ISNI: 0000 0001 0786 6147 ULAN: 500017348 LCCN: n84059888 Open Library: OL1879930A WorldCat