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Valtazar Bogišić

1834 - 1908

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Valtazar Bogišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Валтазар Богишић; 20 December 1834 – 24 April 1908), also known as Baltazar and Baldo Bogišić, was a Serb jurist from Dubrovnik and a pioneer in sociology. In the domain of private law his most notable research was on family structure and the unique Montenegrin civil code of 1888. He is considered to be a pioneer in the sociology of law and sociological jurisprudence. He was also a follower of the German Historical School of law, and may be considered a transitional figure between the Historical School and sociological approaches to law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valtazar Bogišić is the 69th most popular lawyer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Croatia (down from 183rd in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Valtazar Bogišić ranks 69 out of 136Before him are Henry de Bracton, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Karl Binding, Alberico Gentili, Mercedes Comaposada, and Hersch Lauterpacht. After him are René David, William Rehnquist, Hisashi Owada, Leo Frank, Robert Treat Paine, and Koen Lenaerts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Valtazar Bogišić ranks 70Before him are Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, Adrien René Franchet, Vilém Blodek, Franz Steindachner, Hermann Usener, and Étienne Laspeyres. After him are Friedrich Tietjen, Edmond Laguerre, John Wesley Powell, Lyuben Karavelov, Miguel Grau Seminario, and Georg Hermann Quincke. Among people deceased in 1908, Valtazar Bogišić ranks 70Before him are Doppo Kunikida, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Jacob W. Davis, and Lester Allan Pelton. After him are Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Paulsen, Ernest Hébert, René Panhard, Milovan Glišić, and Ernest Fenollosa.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Valtazar Bogišić ranks 221 out of 700Before him are Jurica Jerković (1950), Roberto de Visiani (1800), Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897), Mišo Cebalo (1945), Željko Franulović (1947), and Jelena Dokic (1983). After him are Vlatko Pavletić (1930), Zlatko Papec (1934), Blanka Vlašić (1983), Lino Červar (1950), Ivo Vojnović (1857), and Doris Dragović (1961).

Among LAWYERS In Croatia

Among lawyers born in Croatia, Valtazar Bogišić ranks 1