Alois von Brinz

Alois (Aloys) Ritter von Brinz (25 February 1820, Weiler im Allgäu – 13 September 1887, Munich) was a German jurist and politician.

He taught as a professor at the University of Erlangen, Charles University of Prague, University of Tübingen (1866-), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1871-1887). In Berlin, Professor Adolf August Friedrich Rudorff had encouraged him in the detailed scientific study of Roman law, something which he intensified during his practical work.

In 1851, the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg made him an außerordentlicher Professor (i.e., professor without chair).

He was a member of the Studentenverbindungen Corps Suevia München and Corps Frankonia Prag Saarbrücken.

Family Martin Brinz, a baker in Weiler, fought for Austria against Napoleon, as did his seven brothers; was taken away after the war as a hostage. Alois Brinz (born in Weiler; died 1835) was a Doctor of Laws and later clerk of the regional court in Kempten; married Katharina Gsell (born 1793 in Weiler; died 1862), had 10 children. Alois Ritter von Brinz (born 1820 in Weiler; died 1887 in Munich) married 1857 Caroline Zenetti (born 1825; died 1895), daughter of senior civil servant and regional president Johann Baptist Ritter von Zenetti; 6 children (daughters Anna and Maria and four sons, Johann, Eduard, Konrad and Arnold)

From the same family are descended the well-known politicians Dr. Bernhard Vogel and his brother Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel.

Literary works

Alois von Brinz composed numerous essays on legal themes. The work Die Lehre von der Kompensation in the area of Roman law earned him much acclaim from the scholars of this field. His main piece of work, the Lehrbuch der Pandekten, was on many occasions described as the most original legal work of the 19th century. Die Lehre von der Kompensation, 1849 Kritische Blätter zivilistischen Inhalts, 1852–53 Lehrbuch der Pandekten, 2 vpls, 1857–1871 Zum Rechte der Bonae fidei possessio, 1875