UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Ulric Huber (1636-1694) : 'De ratione juris docendi & discendi diatribe per modum dialogi : nonnullis aucta paralipomenois' : with a translation and commentary Hewett, M.L. Publication date 2010 Document Version Final published version Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Hewett, M. L. (2010). Ulric Huber (1636-1694) : 'De ratione juris docendi & discendi diatribe per modum dialogi : nonnullis aucta paralipomenois' : with a translation and commentary. Gerard Noodt Instituut. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). 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UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:11 Oct 2021 HuberOmslag:Opmaak 1 22-02-10 13:31 Pagina 1 M a r g a r Margaret Hewett e t H e w e tt Ulric Huber (1636-1694) U l r i c DE H u b RATIONE JURIS e r docendi & discendi diatribe – D per modum E DIALOGI R A Nonnullis aucta T ΠAPA ΛIΠOMENOI Σ I O N E J U R I S G N I GNI JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 1 SESS: 12 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/00−prelims DE RATIONE JURIS docendi & discendi diatribe JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 8 SESS: 3 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/13−Summary Portrait of Ulric Huber (1636-1694) Collection Museum Martena, Franeker JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 1 SESS: 7 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 12:15:29 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/zz−Latin_Title−Verso JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 1 SESS: 7 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 12:15:29 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/zz−Latin_Title−Verso Ulric Huber (1636-1694) Ulric HuberDE (1636-1694) RATIONE JURIS DE docendi & discendi diatribe RATIONE JURIS per modum docendi & discendi diatribe DIALOGI per modum Nonnullis aucta PARALIPOMENOIS DIALOGI with a Translation and Commentary Nonnullis aucta PARALIPOMENOIS with a Translation and Commentary ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor ACADEMISCHaan de Universiteit PROEFSCHRIFT van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus ter verkrijgingprof. dr. D.C. van devan graad den Boom van doctor ten overstaan vanaan een de Universiteitdoor het college van Amsterdam voor promoties ingestelde commissie, inop het gezag openbaar van de te Rector verdedigen Magnificus in de Agnietenkapel op donderdagprof. dr. 22 D.C. april van 2010, den teBoom 14.00 uur ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel op donderdag 22 april 2010, te 14.00 uur door Margaret Louise Hewett geboren te Johannesburg,door Zuid-Afrika Margaret Louise Hewett geboren te Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika GNGNII Nijmegen 2010 GNI Nijmegen 2010 JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 2 SESS: 7 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 12:15:29 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/zz−Latin_Title−Verso Rechtshistorische Reeks van het Gerard Noodt Instituut nr. 52 Promotor: prof. mr. J. Hallebeek Copromotor: prof. dr. J.W. Cairns Overige leden: prof. mr. P.L. Nève prof. mr. E.J.H. Schrage prof. mr. A.J.B. Sirks prof. mr. dr. T. Wallinga Faculteit rechtsgeleerdheid ISBN/EAN: 978-90-71478-79-6 © 2010 M.L. Hewett Typeset by Helanna Typesetters, Cape Town Printed by Johan Holterman, Nijmegen JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 5 SESS: 12 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/00−prelims TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ix ABBREVIATIONS xiii INTRODUCTION xv PART I CHAPTER I INTRODUCTIONS ALL ROUND xix CHAPTER II THE 1684, 1688, 1696 AND 1724 VERSIONS OF THE DIALOGUS xxiii 1. 1684 — A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHER’S DELIGHT xxiv 1.1 Possible reasons for the changes xxv 2. THE 1684 AND THE 1688 VERSIONS COMPARED xxvii 2.1 The title changes — Dialogue or Diatribe xxvii 2.2 Alterations to the text xxviii 2.3 Content of the excised passages xxix 2.4 Comment on the passages added xxx 3. 1696 — A POSTHUMOUS EDITION xxxi 4. 1724 — THE BUDER EDITION xxxi 5. CONCLUSION xxxii PART II De ratione discendi atque docendi juris diatribe per modum dialogi A diatribe in the form of a dialogue on the method of learning and teaching law. PART III CHAPTER III LEGAL EDUCATION — A BRIEF GLANCE AT SOME RECURRING ISSUES 67 1. LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE NORTHERN NETHERLANDS IN THE 17th CENTURY 67 1.1 The University of Leiden and the Faculty of Law 68 1.2 Didactic policies 69 1.3 Disputations 70 1.4 A Scottish student’s-eye view of Leiden 1694-1697 71 2. HUMANISM AND LEGAL EDUCATION 73 3. SOME CRITICISMS OF LAW TEACHING 74 3.1 Where does the blame lie? 74 4. THE METHODUS COMPENDIARIA 75 4.1 Antonius Matthaeus (1564-1637) 75 4.2 Johannes Christenius (1600-1672) 76 4.3 Cornelis van Eck (1662-1732) 77 5. CONCLUSION 78 v JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 6 SESS: 12 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/00−prelims vi Contents CHAPTER IV THE AUTHOR, ULRIC HUBER (1636-1694) 79 1. HIS LIFE AND CAREER 79 1.1 Vitringa’s Oratio Funebris 83 2. HUBER’S STATEMENTS CONCERNING TEACHING AND LEARNING LAW AS PROPOUNDED IN HIS PUBLISHED WORKS 84 2.1 Sources considered 84 2.2 Huber’s general publishing strategy regarding student aids 85 3. HUBER’S ORATIONS ON TEACHING LAW 85 3.1 A summary of Huber’s inaugural oration of 19 September 1665 (Oratio V)86 3.2 The Oratio of 27 April, 1682. (Oratio II)88 3.3 The second Oratio of 1682 (Oratio IV)90 4. TWO OF HUBER’S BOOKS CONCERNING TEACHING 91 4.1 The Positiones of 1682 91 4.2 The Digressiones of 1670 92 4.3 Conclusion 93 5. HUBER AS A HUMANIST 94 6. WHY THE DIALOGUE FORM? 95 6.1 The Classical Dialogues 95 6.2 The Renaissance revival 96 6.3 Huber and the Platonic and Ciceronian Dialogue 97 6.4 Conclusion 99 CHAPTER V THE PERSONAE DIALOGI 100 1. JOHANN FRIEDRICH BÖCKELMANN (1632-1681) 100 1.1 Böckelmann in real life 100 1.2 The Böckelmann property at Hazerswoude 102 1.3 Böckelmann and the Praefatio to his Compendium of 1679 103 1.3.1 Böckelmann and the Road to the Summit of Success 105 1.3.2 The Compendium-Dispendium antithesis 107 1.4 The Böckelmann of the Dialogus 108 1.5 Conclusion 109 2. GEORGIUS CONRADUS CRUSIUS (1614-1678) 109 2.1 Crusius in real life 109 2.2 Crusius’ published works 110 2.3 Crusius’ relations with Böckelmann and Huber 111 2.4 The Crusius of the Dialogus 111 3. ADRIANUS WIJNGAERDEN (1648-?) 112 3.1 Wijngaerden’s academic career and early life 112 3.2 Wijngaerden in the Dialogus 113 4. HUBER AS REFLECTED IN THE DIALOGUS OF 1684 AND OF 1688 114 JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 7 SESS: 14 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/00−prelims Contents vii CHAPTER VI ALBERTUS RUSIUS AND GERARD NOODT 116 1. THE CURIOUS INCLUSION OF ALBERTUS RUSIUS (1614-1678) 116 1.1 Rusius in real life 116 1.2 Rusius’ relationship with Huber, Crusius and Böckelmann 117 1.3 Rusius on Compendia 119 2. GERARD NOODT (1647-1725) 120 2.1 Noodt’s early life 120 2.2 Noodt and Huber 121 2.2.1 Noodt’s views on teaching law as reflected in De causis corruptae jurisprudentiae 121 2.2.2 Huber vs Noodt continued 123 2.3 Noodt’s relationships with Böckelmann and Crusius, as exemplified in his Probabilia 125 3. CONCLUSION 128 CHAPTER VII THE HISTORIC BASIS OF THE DIALOGUS — FACTS OR FANTASY? 130 CHAPTER VIII THE JOURNAL DES SÇAVANS OR THE EPHEMERIDES ERUDITORUM 133 1. THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS 133 2. THE ORIGIN AND PURPOSE OF THE JOURNAL 134 2.1 The early years 134 2.2 The Northern Netherlands after 1669 135 2.2.1 The Latin version — The Ephemerides Eruditorum 135 3. THE JOURNAL THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PERSONAE DIALOGI 136 3.1 Comment on two Dutch legal writings in the Journal and in the Ephemerides Eruditorum 137 4. POSSIBLE REASONS FOR HUBER’S INTRODUC- TION OF THE EPHEMERIDES ERUDITORUM 138 CHAPTER IX CONCLUDING THOUGHTS 140 I APPENDICES TO PART II 145 Who is who? and what is what? in the Dialogus 145 Index of Proper Nouns in the 1684 and 1688 edition 163 II APPENDICES TO THE COMMENTARY 167 Appendix A — Latin passages in the 1684 edition which were removed from the 1688 edition 168 Appendix B — The Dieterichs sheets 178 Appendix C — Böckelmann Documents 183 Appendix D — The Journal des Sçavans or the Ephemerides Eruditorum 194 III CHRONOLOGIES Chronology I — The ages of the dialogi personae in 1671 and 1684 206 Chronology II — Summary of key dates relevant to the roles of the persons in the Dialogus 206 Chronology III — Chronological order of events 207 JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 8 SESS: 14 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/00−prelims viii Contents IV BIBLIOGRAPHIES 208 Bibliographical Notes 208 Bibliography I — Primary Sources mentioned in the Dialogus and in the Commentary 210 Bibliography II — Classical authors cited in the 1688 Dialogus and in the Commentary 214 Bibliography III — Secondary literature consulted 215 V SUMMARY AND SAMENVATTING 221 VI PLATES VII INDEX OF NAMES 229 JOBNAME: Huber PAGE: 9 SESS: 14 OUTPUT: Sat Jan 23 14:18:22 2010 /dtp22/books/books/huber/00−prelims PREFACE This project had its origin in a proposal made to me some years ago by the late Prof.