10 Facts About Albert Mosse

Isaac Albert Mosse was a German judge and legal scholar.

Albert Mosse was born into a prominent Jewish family in Gratz, in Prussia's Grand Duchy of Posen.

Albert Mosse's father, Dr Markus Mosse, was a noted physician, and the most distinguished of his six brothers was Rudolf Mosse.

Albert Mosse then studied law at Berlin University in 1865 thanks to the financial support of his older brothers, and passed his first state examination in 1868, and the second one in 1873.

Albert Mosse became an assistant judge in 1875, and was gradually elevated to the position of a county court judge at Spandau in 1876.

In 1882, at the request of the German government, Albert Mosse met with future Prime Minister of Japan, Ito Hirobumi and his group of government officials and scholars, who were touring Europe to research various forms of western style governments, and gave a series of lectures on constitutional law.

Albert Mosse is credited with having convinced Ito Hirobumi that the Prussian-style monarchical constitution was the best suited for Japan.

In 1886, Albert Mosse was invited to Japan on a three-year contract as a foreign advisor to the Japanese government to assist Ito Hirobumi and Inoue Kowashi in drafting the Constitution of the Empire of Japan.

Albert Mosse was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Konigsberg in 1903 and, during the following year, became honorary professor there for Civil procedural law and Commercial law.

Albert Mosse took part in public affairs of the Jewish community.