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Friedrich Ludwig von Keller (born Zürich, 17 October 1799; died Berlin, 11 September 1860) was a Swiss-German jurist.
Biography
He was educated at Berlin and Göttingen, where he was a pupil of Savigny. In 1825, he returned to Zürich where he was appointed professor of civil law in the university. He was a leader of the Liberal Radical party and in 1831 became head of the Swiss justiciary. In 1843-47 he was professor in the University of Halle. He then moved to Berlin, where he became professor at the university. He became a conservative member of the Prussian House of Representatives, and because of his services to the monarchical party was ennobled.
Works
- Ueber Litiskontestation und Urteil (Zürich 1827)
- Der römische Zivilprozess und die Aktionen (Leipzig 1852; 6th ed., 1883)
His Vorlesungen über die Pandekten was edited by Emil Albert Friedberg (1861), and by William Lewis (1867).