place_of_death samuel von cocceji
Samuel Freiherr von Cocceji ( pronounced kok - ' tse - yi ) ( 20 October 1679 -- 4 October 1755 ) was a German official from the Electorate of the Palatinate who served ___MASK1___ - ___MASK27___ . He was the son of Heinrich von Cocceji . Cocceji was born in ___MASK48___ . By 1702 he was a professor at Viadrina University in Frankfurt ( Oder ) in the Kingdom of ___MASK27___ . By 1723 he was Kammergerichtspräsident ( president of the superior court of justice ) , from 1738 - 39 he was chairman of the Prussian justice department , and by 1747 he was Großkanzler ( grand chancellor ) . King Frederick II of ___MASK27___ appointed Cocceji to lead the legal reorganization of annexed Silesia . Cocceji subsequently reformed the legal system of all of ___MASK27___ . JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of ___MASK55___ School of Law , powered by a staff of more than 60 law students working in ___MASK55___ and other US locations under the direction of founding Publisher & Editor - in - Chief Professor Bernard Hibbitts , Acting Executive Director Andrew Morgan , Research Director Jaclyn Belczyk , Technical Director Jeremiah ___MASK41___ , Managing Editor Joseph Macklin and Chief of Staff Steven Wildberger . It features continuously updated US and international legal news and expert commentary . JURIST is dedicated to advancing civic education , supporting sound decision - making and promoting the rule of law by objectively reporting , documenting and analyzing important legal developments as they happen . JURIST seeks to encourage teaching , learning , and scholarship within the legal community and in the general community . ___MASK2___ is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK2___ is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of the ___MASK2___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK2___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third of the city ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . The City Municipality of ___MASK87___ is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany , which belongs to the state Free Hanseatic City of ___MASK87___ ( also called just " ___MASK87___ " for short ). The Duchy of ___MASK27___ or Ducal ___MASK27___ was a duchy in eastern ___MASK27___ established during the Protestant Reformation in 1525 . It was the first Lutheran duchy with a dominant German - speaking population , as well as Polish and Lithuanian minorities . In old texts and in Latin , the term " Prut ( h ) enia " refers alike to " Ducal ___MASK27___ ", its western neighbor Royal ___MASK27___ , and their common predecessor , Teutonic ___MASK27___ . The adjectival form of the name was " Prut ( h ) enic ". The Treaty of ___MASK90___ was signed in the Lower Rhine town of ___MASK90___ on November 12 , 1614 between Wolfgang Wilhelm , Count Palatine of Neuburg and John Sigismund , Elector of Brandenburg , with representatives from ___MASK50___ and France serving as mediators . ___MASK27___ was a historic state originating out of the Duchy of ___MASK27___ and the Margraviate of Brandenburg , and centred on the region of ___MASK27___ . For centuries , the House of ruled ___MASK27___ , successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well - organised and effective army . ___MASK27___ , with its capital in and from 1701 in ___MASK2___ , shaped the history of Germany . In 1871 , German states united to create the German Empire under Prussian leadership . In November 1918 , the monarchies were abolished and the nobility lost its political power during the German Revolution of 1918  19 . The Kingdom of ___MASK27___ was thus abolished in favour of a republic  the Free State of ___MASK27___ , a state of Germany from 1918 until 1933 . From 1933 , ___MASK27___ lost its independence as a result of the Prussian coup , when the Nazi regime was successfully establishing its ' laws in pursuit of a unitary state . With the end of the Nazi regime , the division of Germany into allied - occupation zones and the separation of its territories east of the line , which were incorporated into Poland and the Soviet Union , the State of ___MASK27___ ceased to exist de facto in 1945 . ___MASK27___ existed "" until its formal liquidation by the Allied Control Council Enactment No . 46 of 25 February 1947 . Heinrich Freiherr von Cocceji ( 25 ___MASK30___ 1644  18 August 1719 ) was a German jurist from ___MASK87___ . He studied in Leiden and ___MASK34___ and was appointed professor of law at Heidelberg ( 1672 ) and in Utrecht ( 1688 ). Named " Geheimrat " and marquis , he became ordinary professor in the faculty of law at Frankfurt ( Oder ), where he later died . ___MASK1___ - ___MASK27___ is the historiographic denomination for the Early Modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701 . Based in the Electorate of ___MASK1___ , the main branch of the Hohenzollern intermarried with the branch ruling the Duchy of ___MASK27___ , and secured succession upon the latter ' s extinction in the male line in 1618 . Another consequence of the intermarriage was the incorporation of the lower Rhenish principalities of Cleves , Mark and Ravensberg after the Treaty of Xanten in 1614 . The Thirty Years ' War ( 1618  48 ) was especially devastating . The Elector changed sides three times , and as a result Protestant and Catholic armies swept the land back and forth , killing , burning , seizing men and taking the food supplies . Upwards of half the population was killed or dislocated . ___MASK2___ and the other major cities were in ruins , and recovery took decades . The Thirty Years ' War was a series of wars in ___MASK80___ Europe between 1618 and 1648 . It was one of the longest and ___MASK42___ destructive conflicts in European history , as well as the deadliest European religious war , resulting in eight million casualties . Initially a war between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy ___MASK3___ Empire , it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving ___MASK42___ of the great powers . These states employed relatively large mercenary armies , and the war became less about religion and more of a continuation of the France  ___MASK83___ rivalry for European political pre - eminence . In the 17th century , religious beliefs and practices were a much larger influence on an average European than they are today . During that era , almost everyone was vested on one side of the dispute or another , which was also closely tied to people ' s ethnicities and loyalties , as religious beliefs affected ideas of the legitimacy of the political status of rulers .