Holtzendorff, FRANZ VON

Holtzendorff, FRANZ VON, a German writer on law subjects, was born 14th October 1829, at Vietmannsdorf in Brandenburg. Educated for the law, he practised in the courts at Berlin till 1857, when he became a lecturer on law at the university. Made professor there in 1861, he was in 1873 called to Munich. He is known as an author on several branches of law, and especially as an advocate for the reform of prisons and penal systems. Among his numerous works may be mentioned one on deportation, and another on the Irish prison system (1859); Die Principien der Politik (1869); Encyclopädie der Rechtswissenschaft (1870-71; 4th ed. 1882); Handbuch des Deutschen Strafrechts (1871-77); and Handbuch des Völkerrechts (1885).