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Jacques Cujas

1522 - 1590

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Jacques Cujas (or Cujacius) (Toulouse, 1522 – Bourges, 4 October 1590) was a French legal expert. He was prominent among the legal humanists or mos gallicus school, which sought to abandon the work of the medieval Commentators and concentrate on ascertaining the correct text and social context of the original works of Roman law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Cujas is the 998th most popular philosopher (up from 1,013th in 2019), the 3,671st most popular biography from France (up from 3,737th in 2019) and the 124th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacques Cujas ranks 998 out of 1,267. Before him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Fernando Savater, Wei Yuan, Anniceris, Evald Ilyenkov, and Tariq Ramadan. After him are Ram Dass, Jaime Balmes, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Robert Anton Wilson, Herbert Feigl, and Ernst Tugendhat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1522, Jacques Cujas ranks 20. Before him are Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Honoré I, Lord of Monaco, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Dirck Coornhert, and Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Martin Chemnitz, and Philothei of Athens. Among people deceased in 1590, Jacques Cujas ranks 27. Before him are Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Germain Pilon, Robert Garnier, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Dirck Coornhert, and Johann Fischart. After him are James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg, and Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Cujas ranks 3,671 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766), Éric Serra (1959), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Georges Descrières (1930), Jean Robic (1921), and Philippe Étancelin (1896). After him are Rosa Vercellana (1833), Sylvain Wiltord (1974), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909), Jean Rotrou (1609), and Jean Lucas (1917).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jacques Cujas ranks 124. Before him are Bernard Stiegler (1952), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Paul Janet (1823), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Antoine Berman (1942), and Jean Rostand (1894). After him are Anselm of Laon (1050), Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), Rémi Brague (1947), Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Michel Onfray (1959), and Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150).

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