Christian Friedrich von Glück

Christian Friedrich von Glück

Christian Friedrich von Glück (1 July 1755 – 20 January 1831) was a German jurist.

Born at Halle in the Duchy of Magdeburg, he studied from 1770 to 1776 at the University of Halle, and on 16 April 1777 he received its doctor title. After seven years as a private lecturer he decided to go to Erlangen in 1784 for Friedrich-Alexander-University and became their fifth-professor of the jurisprudence. In 1785 he married Wilhelmine Elisabeth Geiger. From the marriage he had two sons, Christian Karl von Glück (1791–1867) and Christian Wilhelm von Glück (1810–1866), and a daughter. Christian Friedrich von Glück died on 20 January 1831 in Erlangen.

Works

Among his writings must be especially mentioned Ausführliche Erläuterung der Pandekten (Erlangen 1790–1830, 34 Bde.).

References

• Alessandro Hirata, Die Vollendung des usus modernus pandectarum: Christian Friedrich von Glück (1755–1831), Savigny Zeitschrift 123 (2006), 330-342.
• Gabor Hamza, Entstehung und Entwicklung der modernen Privatrechtsordnungen und die römischrechtliche Tradition, Budapest, 2009, pp. 186-188.