Paul Krüger (20 March 1840 – 11 May 1926) was a German
jurist.
Biography
He was born in Berlin, where he studied
jurisprudence (1858–60). In 1863, he began to lecture on
Roman law at the
University of Berlin. In 1870, he became an associate professor of law at the
University of Marburg, where he attained a full professorship during the following year. Afterwards, he served as a professor at the universities of
Innsbruck (from 1872),
Königsberg (from 1874;
rector 1883/84) and
Bonn (from 1888).[1]
Works
Prozessualische Konsumtion und Rechtskraft des Erkenntnisses (“Diligence in legal proceedings and the validity of judgments,” 1864)
Kritik des Justinianischen Codex (“Critique of the Justinian Codex,” 1867)
Kritische Versuche im Gebiete des römischen Rechts (“Critical studies in the realm of Roman law,” 1870)
Geschichte der Quellen und Litteratur des römischen Rechts (“History of the sources and literature of Roman law,” 1888; French tr. J. Brissaud, 1893)