Rudolf von Jhering

Caspar Rudolph Ritter von Jhering was a German jurist. He is best known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht, as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law. His ideas were important to the subsequent development of the "jurisprudence of interests" in Germany.

22 August 1818

Born on the same birth day (22 August): Alexander Bogdanov • David Marks • Ezra Butler Eddy • Frederick II, Elector of Saxony • Henry Bachtold • Israel Broussard • Juan Croucier • Kristen Wiig • LaMelo Ball • Leonard Pagliero • Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. • Tokushōryū Makoto • Ulrich Wegener • Wilfred Kitching

Born in the same month (August 1818): Alexander H. Rice • Lucy Stone • Maria Mitchell