Hendrik Jacob Hamaker
Dutch jurist and scholar
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Hendrik Jacob Hamaker (16 September 1844 in Hilversum – 2 March 1911 in Utrecht)[1] was a Dutch jurist and scholar.
Hamaker was born to Cornelia Anna van Vloten and Hendrik Gerard Hamaker,[2] a humanist and graduate of Leiden University who published the first Latin edition of Hugo Grotius' De Jure Praedae (On the law of prize and booty) in 1868.[3] After studies at Leiden University, he practiced law there.[2] Beginning in 1877, he taught civil law at the University of Utrecht, and after 1895 co-edited a leading journal of civil law, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notarisambt en Registratie. He is noted for his work on judicial methodology, arguing for a substantial independence of judges from positive law.
Hamaker was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1889.[4]
