Burkard Wilhelm Leist
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BornJuly 12, 1819
Westen, Electorate of Hanover
DiedDecember 31, 1906 (aged 87)
Jena, German Empire
AlmamaterUniversities of Göttingen, Heidelberg, and Berlin
OccupationsJurist, professor
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| Born | July 12, 1819 Westen, Electorate of Hanover |
| Died | December 31, 1906 (aged 87) Jena, German Empire |
| Alma mater | Universities of Göttingen, Heidelberg, and Berlin |
| Occupations | Jurist, professor |
| Known for | Research on Roman law and Indo-Germanic law |
Burkard Wilhelm Leist (12 July 1819 in Westen – 31 December 1906 in Jena) was a German jurist.
He studied at Göttingen, Heidelberg and Berlin. He was appointed professor of civil law at Basel in 1846, at Rostock in 1847, and from 1853 he filled that chair at the University of Jena. He was a pupil of Savigny. He combined the historical method with analysis. After studies on the fundamental material of law, especially Roman law, he did valuable research in the hypothetical field of Indo-Germanic law.
