The New International Encyclopædia/Krüger, Paul

KRÜGER, Paul (1840—). A German jurist. He was born in Berlin, where he studied jurisprudence. In 1863 he began to lecture on Roman law at the university of his native town. His contributions to law literature include: Prozessualische Konsumtion und Rechtskraft des Erkenntnisses (1864); Kritik des Justinianischen Codex (1867); Kritische Versuche im Gebiete des römischen Rechts (1870); and Geschichte der Quellen und Litteratur des römischen Rechts (1888). The last named was translated into French by J. Brissaud (1893). Especially important are his critical edition of the Codex Justinianus (1877) and his Justinianische Institutionen (1867).