Bernhard Windscheid
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Bernhard Windscheid (July 26, 1817 in Düsseldorf – October 26, 1892) was a German jurist and a member of the pandectistic school of law thought. He became famous with his essay on the legal concept of 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 stated that the roman law concept of "action" could not be confused with the modern concept of action, but that it was similar to the concept of "anspruch" (pretension). Later he began studying German civil law and wrote the book Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts; this book was the main source of inspiration for the German Civil Code BGB. Between 1873 and 1883, Windschied took part in the commission in charge of the redaction of the German civil code.
Additionally, Windschied worked as a teacher at several universities in Germany and Switzerland, including Basel, Greifswald, München, Heidelberg, and Leipzig.
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Gesammelte Reden und Abhandlungen. Leipzig, 1904.
Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts in drei Bänden. Mit Anmerkungen von Theodor Kipp, 9. Auflage, Leipzig 1906 (Erstauflage 1862–1870).
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