Johann Jakob Blumer
Johann Jakob Blumer (29 August 1819 Glarus – 12 November 1875) was a Swiss statesman.
Johann Jakob Blumer.
Blumer studied in Zürich, Bonn, and Berlin. In 1843 he was elected to the Landrat, and in 1861 became president of the Court of Appeals. Between 1861 and 1874 he completed his revision of the civil and criminal law of Switzerland, and subsequently he was chosen as President of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
Works
- Blumer, Johann Jakob (1850–1859). Staats- und Rechtsgeschichte der schweizerischen Demokratien oder der Kantone Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus, Zug und Appenzell: Das Mittelalter (in German). St. Gallen: Scheitlin und Zollikofer.
- Blumer, Johann Jakob (1877–1887) [1863]. Handbuch des schweizerischen Bundesstaatsrechtes (in German). Schaffhausen: Fr. Hurter.
Notes
References
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Johann Jakob Blumer in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Biography of Johann Jakob Blumer on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau (1903), "Blumer, Johann Jakob", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 47, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 26–27
| Preceded by François Briatte |
President of the Council of States 1853/1854 |
Succeeded by James Fazy |
| Preceded by Emil Welti |
President of the Council of States 1860/1861 |
Succeeded by Nicolaus Hermann |
| Preceded by Christian Sahli |
President of the Council of States 1867/1868 |
Succeeded by Arnold Otto Aepli |
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