Hendrik Jacob Hamaker

Hendrik Jacob Hamaker, c. 1900

Hendrik Jacob Hamaker (16 September 1844 in Hilversum – 2 March 1911 in Utrecht)[1] was a Dutch jurist and scholar.

Hamaker was born to Cornelia Anna van Vloten and Hendrik Gerard Hamaker,[2] a humanist and graduate of Leiden University who published the first Latin edition of Hugo Grotius' De Jure Praedae (On the law of prize and booty) in 1868.[3] After studies at Leiden University, he practiced law there.[2] Beginning in 1877, he taught civil law at the University of Utrecht, and after 1895 co-edited a leading journal of civil law, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notarisambt en Registratie. He is noted for his work on judicial methodology, arguing for a substantial independence of judges from positive law.

Hamaker was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1889.[4]

References

  1. ^ Biographical portal site
  2. ^ a b Doeleman, F. (2013-11-12). "Hamaker, Hendrik Jacobus (1844-1911)". Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  3. ^ Grotius, Hugo (2010). Van Ittersum, Martine Julia (ed.). Commentary on the law of prize and booty (PDF). Natural law and enlightenment classics. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund. pp. xxiii. ISBN 978-0-86597-474-6. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  4. ^ "H.J. Hamaker (1844 - 1911)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  • Jansen, C.M.T. (2001). "Hamaker, Hendrik Jacob". In Michael Stolleis (ed.). Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert (in German) (2nd ed.). München: Beck. p. 277. ISBN 3406-45957-9.


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