13 Facts About Georg Jellinek

From 1867, Jellinek studied law, history of art and philosophy at the University of Vienna.

Georg Jellinek studied philosophy, history and law in Heidelberg and Leipzig up until 1872.

Georg Jellinek was the son of Adolf Jellinek, a famous preacher in Vienna's Jewish community.

Georg Jellinek was later visiting professor of legal philosophy in Vienna, in 1881 he was named a member of the commission for state exams and one year later he published his seminal work, The Theory of the Unifications of States.

Georg Jellinek was married to Camilla Jellinek, nee Wertheim, who was persuaded to join the Women's Movement by Marianne Weber in 1900 and became famous there especially for her work with providing women with legal aid and the production of draft reforms of the criminal law.

Georg Jellinek is best known for his essay The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which argues for a universal theory of rights, as opposed to the culturally and nationally specific arguments then in vogue.

Georg Jellinek argued that the French Revolution, which was the focal point of 19th-century political theory, should not be thought of as arising from a purely French tradition but as a close analogue of revolutionary movements and ideas in England and the United States.

Georg Jellinek studied law in 1867 at the University of Vienna along with art history and philosophy.

Georg Jellinek attended Leipzig in 1872 writing a dissertation on The Worldviews of Leibnitz and Schopenhauer and received his Dr phil.

In 1879 Georg Jellinek received his habilitation at the University of Vienna.

Georg Jellinek then became a lecturer for the philosophy of law in Vienna, and in 1881 he was appointed a member of the State Examination Commission.

In 1891 Georg Jellinek became a professor of law at the University of Heidelberg, and in 1900 he wrote his magnum opus, the General Theory of State.

The majority of Georg Jellinek's writings remains yet untranslated from the German original.