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Belgian legal historian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augustus Van Dievoet (/ˈdiːvʊt/, Latin: Augustus Divutius, French: Auguste Van Dievoet, 3 May 1803 – 31 October 1865) was a Belgian legal historian and Supreme Court advocate. His son, Jules Van Dievoet, also a Supreme Court advocate,[1] married Marguerite Anspach (1852-1934), the daughter of Jules Anspach, who served as burgomaster of Brussels in 1863–1879.
Augustus Van Dievoet | |
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Born | Jean Auguste Van Dievoet 3 May 1803 |
Died | 31 October 1865 62) | (aged
Other names | Augustus Divutius Auguste Van Dievoet |
Citizenship | France (1803-1815) United Kingdom of the Netherlands(1815-1830) Kingdom of Belgium(1830-1865) |
Education | Imperial Lyceum, Brussels; State University of Louvain |
Occupation | Supreme Court Advocate |
Known for | Principal legal historian of the newly formed independent Belgium |
Spouse | Antoinette Coniart (1819-1885) |
Children | Jules Van Dievoet |
Parent(s) | Jean-Louis Van Dievoet (1777-1854) and Jeanne Wittouck |
Family | Van Dievoet family |
Augustus Van Dievoet studied at the Imperial Lyceum of Brussels (Lycée Imperial de Bruxelles). Van Dievoet demonstrated an exceptional capacity for academic work, excelling in his study of humanities and winning numerous prizes in Latin and Greek humanities at the college.[2] He went on to study law at the State University of Louvain, where he received his doctorate in law on 24 March 1827.
Van Dievoet was called to the bar on 7 April 1827 and became a member of the Bar Association between 1838 and 1848. Around this time, Van Dievoet became a judge at the Court of First Instance of Brussels and a member of the Board of Discipline for lawyers at the Court of Cassation. On 3 August 1848, after twenty-one years as a lawyer at the Court of Appeal, Augustus Van Dievoet was appointed by Royal Decree an advocate of the Supreme Court.
Van Dievoet and his colleagues Hubert Dolez and Augustus Orts were the most eminent lawyers of the time.[3] Van Dievoet is best known as one of the first historians of the law of independent Belgium. He was a student of Jean-Joseph Raepsaet, Jean-François-Michel Birnbaum, his teacher at the State University of Louvain,[4] and Friedrich Carl von Savigny.[5] He founded the Juridical library in the Palace of Justice of Brussels.[6]
He is cited on the list of founders of the Université libre de Bruxelles.[7]
He was a founding member of the second Société des douze and sat on first board of directors of the Société royale de Flore de Bruxelles.
Van Dievoet devoted his Latin thesis at the State University of Louvain in 1827 to ancient Belgian customs (De origine diversarum consuetudinum localium regni nostri). This work was a great success and was often cited in scholarly works and international works. In 1843, Adolphe Roussel commented on Van Dievoet's work in his Encyclopedia of Law: "In a remarkable thesis published in Leuven in 1827, Van Dievoet tried to find the origin of Belgian customs. Regrettably, he has not pursued this work further, which showed promise of new and ingenious views[8]".
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