Johann Friedrich Böckelmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German jurist
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Place of Birth: Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Johann Friedrich Böckelmann
- Johann Friedrich Böckelmann (1632–1681) was a German jurist. Born in Steinfurt, Böckelmann studied law at Heidelberg, where he became a professor in 1661.
- He was also president of the electoral court of law and a councillor and envoy of the prince elector. In 1670, Böckelmann moved to teach at Leiden, where he had lasting influence by introducing the new methodus compendiarium - a teaching method based no longer on the Corpus Iuris Civilis itself, but on shorter summaries.
- One of these, his Compendium Institutionum, was in use up until the 19th century.
- To this day, the university of Leiden administrates a Legatum Böckelmannianum from which one outstanding law student receives an annual stipend.
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