RICHTER, EMIL LUDWIG. - Canonist, b. at Stolpen (Dresden) on 15 Nov. 1808, d. at Berlin on 8 May 1864. Having obtained his doctorate in law, history and philology at the University of Leipzig, he became there in 1836 professor of ecclesiastical law and civil procedure. He subsequently taught at Marburg (1838) and finally at Berlin (from 1846 until his death).
In addition to his scholarly activity he was a member of the Consistory of the German Evangelical Church and of the Prussian Ministry of Cults. He founded and directed the periodicals: Kritische Jahrbücher für deutsche Rechtwissenschaft (Leipzig, from 1837), Der Staat um die Deutschkatholiken (ibid., from 1846) and Zeitschrift für das Recht und die Politik der Kirche (ibid., from 1847). Although a Protestant, his entire work and teaching were pervaded by a rigorous objectivity and contributed to making known in Germany Roman Catholic canon law and curial practice. Besides the celebrated edition of the Corpus iuris canonici (Leipzig 1833-39) and of the Canones et Decreta Concilii Tridentini (ibid. 1839), the following are to be mentioned: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Quellen des canonischen Rechts (ibid. 1834); De emendatoribus Gratiani (ibid. 1835); De inedita Decretalium Collectione Lipsiensi (ibid. 1836); Eine Marburger akademische Schrift vom Jahr 1844; Lehrbuch des katholischen und evangelischen Kirchenrechts (ibid. 1842; 8th ed. 1886).
Bibliography2 worksJ. F. Schulte, Die Gesch. der Quellen und Liter. des canon. Rechts, III, Stuttgart 1880, pp. 210-25; R. W. Dove, s. v. in Realenc. für prote
BIBL.: J. F. Schulte, Die Gesch. der Quellen und Liter. des canon. Rechts, III, Stuttgart 1880, pp. 210-25; R. W. Dove, s. v. in Realenc. für protest. Theol. u. Kirche, XVI, pp. 754-62.
Moreschini, Augusto. “Richter, emil ludwig.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 884. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/richter-emil-ludwig.
MLA
Moreschini, Augusto. “Richter, emil ludwig.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 884. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/richter-emil-ludwig.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_richter_emil_ludwig,
author = {Moreschini, Augusto},
title = {Richter, emil ludwig},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {884},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/richter-emil-ludwig}
}
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