Adalbert Theodor Michel
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Adalbert Theodor Michel was an Austria
n lawyer, law professor and rector of Universities in Olomouc (1854) and in Graz
(1867) .
. Since 1847 he was lecturing at the Cracow University, but by 1849 he was again shortly back at the University in Prague. In 1850 he obtained professorship at the Olomouc University Faculty of Law. He became the rector of the University of Olomouc in 1854. Shortly thereafter the Faculty of Law was closed as retribution for Olomouc's students and professors support for democratization and the Czech National Revival in 1848 and Michel went to lecture private and railway law at the University of Innsbruck in 1858, and since 1860 at the University of Graz
. He became the rector of the University of Graz in 1860, and the dean of Graz's Faculty of Law in 1876.
In 1870 Michel became deputy at the Graz
town council as well as in the Landtag. There, he was gradually becoming more influential, especially as a member of various committees. Foremost it was the Landtag Committee, which entrusted him with the authority of evaluation of bill proposals and of cultural happenings.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n lawyer, law professor and rector of Universities in Olomouc (1854) and in Graz
University of Graz
The University of Graz , a university located in Graz, Austria, is the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria....
(1867) .
Biography
Michel graduated University in Prague as doctor of law in 1844. After graduating he was shortly lecturing at the Universities in Prague and ViennaUniversity of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
. Since 1847 he was lecturing at the Cracow University, but by 1849 he was again shortly back at the University in Prague. In 1850 he obtained professorship at the Olomouc University Faculty of Law. He became the rector of the University of Olomouc in 1854. Shortly thereafter the Faculty of Law was closed as retribution for Olomouc's students and professors support for democratization and the Czech National Revival in 1848 and Michel went to lecture private and railway law at the University of Innsbruck in 1858, and since 1860 at the University of Graz
University of Graz
The University of Graz , a university located in Graz, Austria, is the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria....
. He became the rector of the University of Graz in 1860, and the dean of Graz's Faculty of Law in 1876.
In 1870 Michel became deputy at the Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
town council as well as in the Landtag. There, he was gradually becoming more influential, especially as a member of various committees. Foremost it was the Landtag Committee, which entrusted him with the authority of evaluation of bill proposals and of cultural happenings.
Main Works
- Die Dastellung der Gewährleistung nach dem österr. Allg. Privatrecht sich beziehenden Gestetze und Verordnungen, Prague 1850 (second issue 1861)
- Handbuch des allg. Privatrechtes für das Kaiserthum Österr., Olomouc 1853 (second broadened issue 1856)
- Grundriss des heutigen österreischischen allgemeinen Privatrechtes, Olomouc 1856
- Österreichs Eisebahnrecht, Vienna 1860
- Landesgesetze des Herzogthums Steiermark, Graz 1867
- Beitrr. zur Geschichte des österr. Eherechtes, Graz (2 svazky)
- Various articles in Magazin für Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften