Johann Jakob Blumer

Johann Jakob Blumer (29 August 1819 Glarus – 12 November 1875) was a Swiss statesman.

Johann Jakob Blumer.

Blumer studied in Zürich, Bonn, and Berlin. In 1843 he was elected to the Landrat, and in 1861 became president of the Court of Appeals. Between 1861 and 1874 he completed his revision of the civil and criminal law of Switzerland, and subsequently he was chosen as President of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Works

  • Blumer, Johann Jakob (1850–1859). Staats- und Rechtsgeschichte der schweizerischen Demokratien oder der Kantone Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus, Zug und Appenzell: Das Mittelalter (in German). St. Gallen: Scheitlin und Zollikofer.
  • Blumer, Johann Jakob (1877–1887) [1863]. Handbuch des schweizerischen Bundesstaatsrechtes (in German). Schaffhausen: Fr. Hurter.

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    Preceded by
    François Briatte
    President of the Council of States
    1853/1854
    Succeeded by
    James Fazy
    Preceded by
    Emil Welti
    President of the Council of States
    1860/1861
    Succeeded by
    Nicolaus Hermann
    Preceded by
    Christian Sahli
    President of the Council of States
    1867/1868
    Succeeded by
    Arnold Otto Aepli


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