Ernst Rabel was an Austrian-born scholar of Roman law, German private law, and comparative law, who, as the founding director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, in Berlin, achieved international recognition in the period between the World Wars, before being forced into retirement under the Nazi regime, and emigrating to the United States, in 1939.
11 Facts About Ernst Rabel
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Ernst Rabel was born in Vienna, as the son of Albert Rabel and Bertha Rabel.
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Ernst Rabel's father was a distinguished Austrian attorney in the era of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Ernst Rabel studied law at the University of Vienna, and received his Ph.
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Ernst Rabel initially entered law practice with his father, in Vienna, but when his mentor Mitteis moved to the University of Leipzig in 1899, Ernst Rabel followed, and continued his studies there.
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In 1906 Ernst Rabel took up a post as a full professor at the University of Basel.
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Ernst Rabel co-founded, with Karl Neumeyer, Munich's Institute for Comparative Law, which was the first of its kind in Germany and served as a model for similar institutes later founded in Heidelberg, Frankfurt, and Hamburg.
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Ernst Rabel was called upon to serve as a judge on several international judicial bodies during the interwar period.
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Ernst Rabel finally emigrated with his family via Belgium, to the United States, arriving in New York City in September 1939.
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Ernst Rabel spent time in Germany, both in Tubingen, and in Berlin, where he taught at the Free University.
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In 1912 Ernst Rabel married Anni Weber in Gottingen.