The New International Encyclopædia/Richter, Aemilius Ludwig

RICHTER, rĭK′tẽr, Aemilius Ludwig (1808-64). A German jurist, born at Stolpen, Saxony, and educated at Leipzig. His Corpus Juris Canonici (1833-39) led to his being appointed professor of law in Leipzig, and he held subsequently similar positions at the universities of Marburg and Berlin. He also served as councilor-in-chief of the consistory and Privy Councilor of the Government. Richter is considered the founder of a new school of Church law—the so-called ‘Berliner Kanonisten-Schule.’ His publications include: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Quellen des canonischen Rechts (1834); Canones et Decreta Concilio Tridentini (1853); and Lehrhnch des katholischen und evangelischen Kirchenrechts (1842-86), which is considered a most important contribution to Church law literature.