Johann Zanger (1557 – 6 September 1607) was a German jurist, professor of law at Wittenberg University.

Born in Brunswick, from 1576 Zanger studied law at Wittenberg University under Hugo Donellus. Subsequently studying in Italy, he gained a doctorate at Basel University in 1580. From 1581 onwards he was professor and judge at the aulic court of justice in Wittenberg. He later became a member of the court of lay assessors, the consistory and the regional court of Lower Lusatia.[1]

Zanger became first professor of law at Wittenberg in 1594.[1] He was an author condemned in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1596.[2] He died in Wittenberg on 6 September 1607.[1]

Works

  • De quaestionibus seu torturis, 1593

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kitty, Walther, ed. (2006). Dictionary of German Biography X. Thibaut – Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. p. 651. ISBN 978-3-11-096116-4.
  2. ↑ Jesús Martínez de Bujanda (2002). Index des livres interdits. Librairie Droz. p. 955. ISBN 978-2-600-00818-1.
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