# Reichsjustizamt

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Highest law authority of the German Empire

**Reichsjustizamt** (English: Imperial Justice Office) was the highest authority of the law in the [German Empire](/source/German_Empire), and was the predecessor of *Reichsministerium der Justiz*, the [Reich Ministry of Justice](/source/Reich_Ministry_of_Justice).

Reichsjustizamt was under the jurisdiction of the *Reichskanzler* or [Imperial Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_of_Germany_(German_Reich)) as Department IV from 1875 until 1 January 1877 when it became independent. Under Reichsjustizamt were the Imperial Court, the Imperial Bar, and the Imperial Patent Office. An [Undersecretary of State](/source/Undersecretary_of_State) managed the Reichsjustizamt. It continued becoming the *Reichsministerium der Justiz* in 1919.

Undersecretary of States of the Reichsjustizamt Name Period of Office Heinrich Friedberg (1813-1895) 21 December 1876 - 30 October 1879 Hermann von Schelling (1824-1908) 19 November 1879 - 31 January 1889 Otto von Oehlschläger (1831-1904) 19 February 1889 - 2 February 1891 Robert Bosse (1832-1901) 2 February 1891 - 24 March 1892 Eduard Hanauer (1829-1893) 2 April 1892 - 30 April 1893 Rudolf Arnold Nieberding (1838-1912) 11 July 1893 - 25 October 1909 Hermann Lisco (1850-1923) 25 October 1909 - 5 August 1917 Paul von Krause (1852-1923) 7 August 1917 - 13 February 1919

## References

- Kenneth F. Ledford. *From General Estate to Special Interest: German Lawyers 1878-1933.* Cambridge University Press, Nov 2, 2006 pg. 75

- Hans Schulte-Nölke. *Das Reichsjustizamt und die Entstehung des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuchs* (IUS COMMUNE, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Vol. 71), Klostermann, Frankfurt/Main 1995, XIX, 378 pp

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