Hendrik Constantijn Cras [SEP] occupation
Hendrik Constantijn Cras
Hendrik Constantijn Cras (4 January 1739, Leiden – 5 April 1820, Amsterdam) was a Dutch jurist and city librarian of Amsterdam.
He studied law in Leiden. For nearly fifty years, beginning in 1771, he taught all fields of legal study at the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam. His work mirrors the decline of the significance of Roman law in legal practice. Beginning his career as an adherent of Roman law, Cras became a fundamental supporter of natural law and legal codification towards the end of
- Johannes Christoph Lotyn, p 59
- Constantijn Netscher, p 59
- Ezaias Terwesten, p 60
- Frans Beeldemaker, p 61
- Pierre Bourguignon, p 62
- Jacob Denys II, p 62
- Jan Hendrik Brandon, p 63
- Cornelis de Bruijn, p 63
- Hendrik Carré, p 66
- Richard van Bleeck, p 66
- Abraham van Hoogstraten, p 63
- Hendrik Carré II, p 66
- Coenraet Roepel, p 67 
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