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Johann Jakob Moser
1701Jan, 18

Johann Jakob Moser

Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (d. 1785)
Johann Jakob Moser (18 January 1701 – 30 September 1785) was a German jurist, publicist and researcher, whose work earned him the title "The Father of German Constitutional Law" and whose political commitment to the principles of Liberalism caused him to lose academic positions and spend years as a political prisoner.

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