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Heinrich Fick

1822–95

Swiss advocate. Studied in Marburg, Vienna, and Berlin, 1841–5. Doctor of law, Marburg, 1847. Professor extraordinarus of Roman law and commercial law, University of Zurich, 1851; professor, 1864–95. Sought to apply Darwinian principles to legal theory.

Source

Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.

Bibliography

Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Edited by Marco Jorio. 14 vols. Basel: Schwabe. 2002–14.

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