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. ==Works==