Lexicon Juris Civilis

Details of the Dictionary Lexicon Juris Civilis

• Publisher: Basel: apud Joannem Hervagium
• Year of Publication: 1554

About the Author: Jakob Spiegel (1483-1547)

In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law):

“Jakob Spiegel was a humanist, jurist, and diplomat. At the height of his career, Speigel served as secretary to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, later Holy Roman Emperor, from c. 1514. In 1526 he retired to his hometown of Selestat in Alsace and resumed the practice of law.

Although Spiegel was a prolific author, Lexicon juris civilis was his most successful book. The entries are typically brief, from a sentence to a few paragraphs. Entries are supported by references to classical Roman jurists, medieval commentators, and sixteenth century luminaries including Erasmus, Aymar du Rivail, Guillame Budé, and Spiegel’s mentor Ulrich Zasius. Indices, exegeses, essays, and related materials complement the central work.”

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See Also

• Jakob Spiegel
• Vocabularium utriusque juris
• Historical Development of Civil Law
• Civil Law History
• Lexicon juridicum Romano-Teutonicum
• Allgemeines Teutsches Juristisches Lexicon
• Corpus Juris Secundum
• Nomo-Lexicon: a Law Dictionary
• Modus Legendi Abbreviaturas
• Vocabularius Utriusque Iuris
• Roman Law

Further Reading

• Joseph Ritter von Aschbach. “Spiegelius.” Geschichte der Wiener Universität. Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1877, pp. 357-359.
• “Piarist College.” Ostrov město památek.
• Wenzl Sommer. Kurze Geschichte der Stadt Schlackenwerth in Verbindung mit dem Piaristen-collegium. Schlackenwerth: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1866.
• Karl Adolf Franz Fischer. Verzeichnis der Piaristen der deutschen und böhmischen Ordensprovinz. Munich: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1985.