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Rudolf von Jhering

1818 - 1892

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Caspar Rudolph Ritter von Jhering (German: [ˈjeːrɪŋ]; also Ihering; 22 August 1818 – 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. He is best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht (The Struggle for Law), as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were important to the subsequent development of the "jurisprudence of interests" in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Rudolf von Jhering is the 17th most popular lawyer (down from 13th in 2024), the 640th most popular biography from Germany (down from 604th in 2019) and the most popular German Lawyer.

Rudolf von Jhering is most famous for his theory of "utilitarianism of law," which is the idea that laws are created to serve a utilitarian purpose.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Rudolf von Jhering ranks 17 out of 136. Before him are Aemilius Papinianus, Tobias Asser, Paul Alexander, J. Edgar Hoover, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Merrick Garland. After him are Doug Emhoff, Roy Cohn, Tribonian, Bill Gates Sr., Navi Pillay, and Carla Del Ponte.

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Among people born in 1818, Rudolf von Jhering ranks 14. Before him are Charles Gounod, Jacob Burckhardt, Marius Petipa, Lewis H. Morgan, Tewodros II, and Hermann Kolbe. After him are Adolf Anderssen, Sophie of Württemberg, Angelo Secchi, Leconte de Lisle, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, and Charles III, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1892, Rudolf von Jhering ranks 11. Before him are Ernest Renan, John Couch Adams, Alexander Mackenzie, Édouard Lalo, Richard Owen, and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Annibale de Gasparis, Louis Vuitton, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf von Jhering ranks 640 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmut Newton (1920), Hans Jonas (1903), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Anneliese Michel (1952), Gabriele Münter (1877), and Kurt Student (1890). After him are Hans von Bülow (1830), Walther Rathenau (1867), Aby Warburg (1866), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), and John of Saxony (1801).

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Among LAWYERS In Germany

Among lawyers born in Germany, Rudolf von Jhering ranks 1. After him are Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Bernhard Windscheid (1817), Heinrich Marx (1777), Hans Litten (1903), Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), Karl Binding (1841), and Christian Gottfried Körner (1756).

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