Johannes Voet - Wikipedia Johannes Voet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Johannes Voet Portrait of Johannes Voet Born 3 October 1647 Utrecht, Dutch Republic Died 11 September 1713 (aged 65) Utrecht, Dutch Republic Alma mater Utrecht University Era Renaissance philosophy Region Western philosophy School Natural law Main interests Roman-Dutch law Statue of Johannes Voet in The Hague Johannes Voet, also known as John Voet (3 October 1647 – 11 September 1713) was a Dutch jurist whose work remains highly influential in modern Roman-Dutch law.[1] Voet is one of the so-called "old authorities" of Roman-Dutch law, along with Hugo Grotius, Simon van Leeuwen (nl), Joan Cos, Gerhard Noodt, Zacharias Huber, Cornelius van Bynkershoek, Hobins van der Vorm, Gerloff Scheltinga (de), Willem Schorer (nl), Franciscus Lievens Kersteman, J. Munniks, Hendrik Jan Arntzenius (fr), Arent Lybrechts, Johan Jacob van Hasselet, Gerard de Haas, Cornelis Willem Decker, Didericus Lulius, Renier van Spaan, Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel, and Johan van der Linden. Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 External links 4 References Life[edit] Voet was born in Utrecht, the son of Paulus Voet, who was the son of famous theologian Gisbertus Voetius. He probably studied in Utrecht, after which he became a professor in Herborn. In 1673 he was made professor of law at Utrecht University. From 1680 to his death he was a professor and the chair of law at Leiden, being twice elected as rector.[1]:327 He was a deacon in the Dutch Reformed Church and later worked for the Church as an accountant. He died in Utrecht.[2] Work[edit] Voet's most famous work is his Commentarius ad Pandectas (i.e. Commentary on the Digest) (1698). Unlike other jurists of his day, Voet's Commentary on the Digest was not a mere academic treatise but also an attempt to show how that law applied day-to-day in practice. While the Commentary shows signs of legal humanism, it may also be considered a Dutch form of Usus modernus Pandectarum. Unlike the work of Hugo Grotius and Simon van Leeuwen with which Voet's Commentary has been compared, Voet, as a teacher of law, wrote in Latin and not Dutch, as Latin at the time was the teaching language. Like Grotius, Voet relied upon the theory of natural law as the basis for his systematization of the law.[1]:329 In the 19th century, Voet's Commentary was translated into German. It is still an important source of South African law, the common law of which is Roman-Dutch. Sir Henry de Villiers, Chief Justice of the Cape Colony and later of South Africa, made much use of Voet's Commentary.[1]:333–334 His other works include:[1]:328 Compendiem juris adjectis differentiis Civilis et Canonici (1682) De Usufructu (1704) Elementa juris secundum ordinem Inst. Justiniani (translated into Dutch as De Beginzels des Rechts, that is, The Principles of the Law) - a commentary on the Institutes of Justinian. De familia erciscunda De jure Militari De Tutoribus External links[edit] Johannis Voet Commentarius ad pandectas dl 1 Johannis Voet Commentarius ad pandectas dl 2 References[edit] ^ a b c d e "Chapter 35 of 'Notes on the History and Development of the Roman-Dutch Law'". South African Law Journal. 23: 327–344. 1906. ^ https://profs.library.uu.nl/index.php/profrec/getprofdata/2225/17/22/0 Authority control BNE: XX1765520 BPN: 71194738 GND: 117449733 ISNI: 0000 0000 8344 3181 LCCN: n87837796 NKC: ola2005262942 NLG: 238738 NLI: 000488669 NTA: 068416903 PLWABN: 9810679387405606 SELIBR: 281086 VcBA: 495/259356 VIAF: 66580047 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n87837796 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johannes_Voet&oldid=994117559" Categories: 1647 births 1713 deaths Dutch legal scholars Utrecht University faculty Leiden University faculty Utrecht University alumni People from Utrecht (city) Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from May 2011 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BPN identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLG identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLI identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikisource Languages Deutsch Français Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 04:29 (UTC). 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