Samuel von Cocceji

Samuel Freiherr von Cocceji (pronounced kok-'tse-yi) (20 October 1679 – 4 October 1755) was a German official from the Electorate of the Palatinate who served Brandenburg-Prussia. He was the son of Heinrich von Cocceji.

Samuel von Cocceji by Anna Rosina de Gasc, 1737

Cocceji was born in Heidelberg. By 1702 he was a professor at Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder) in the Kingdom of Prussia. By 1723 he was Kammergerichtspräsident (president of the superior court of justice), from 1738-39 he was chairman of the Prussian justice department, and by 1747 he was Großkanzler (grand chancellor). King Frederick II of Prussia appointed Cocceji to lead the legal reorganization of annexed Silesia. Cocceji subsequently reformed the legal system of all of Prussia.

Works

Project des Corporis Juris Fridericiani, 1752

Project des Corporis Juris Fridericiani (in French). 2. Berlin. 1752.

Notes

Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Cocceji, Samuel". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. p. 152.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Prussia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Works by or about Samuel von Cocceji at Internet Archive

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