Heineccius

Heineccius, JOHANN GOTTLIEB, a jurist of Germany, born 11th September 1681 at Eisenberg, was professor of Philosophy at Halle from 1713, and from 1720 professor of Law. In the latter capacity he went in 1723 to Franeker, and in 1727 to Frankfurt-on-the-Oder; but in 1733 returned, as professor of Law and Philosophy, to Halle, where he died 31st August 1741. Heineccius belonged to the school of those who treat law in dependence upon philosophical principles. His chief works were Antiquitatum Romanorum Jurisprudentiam Illustrantium Syntagma (1718); Historia Juris Civilis Romani (1733); Elementa Juris Germaniei (1735); and Elementa Juris Naturae et Gentium (1737; Eng. trans. 1763). His Opera Omnia (9 vols.) were edited by his son in 1771.—Heineccius's brother, JOHANN MICHAELIS HEINECCIUS (1674–1722), was a celebrated pulpit orator in Halle, and the first who studied seals scientifically. On this latter subject he wrote De Veteribus Germanorum aliarumque Nationum Sigillis (1709).