FRANKL, OTTO:

By: Isidore Singer

Austrian jurist; born in Prague Oct. 4, 1855; studied at the universities of Prague, Göttingen, and Leipsic; made privat-docent (1883), and professor of law at Prague (1891). His principal sphere lies in mining and bankruptcy law. Among his most important works are: "Die Formerfordernisse der Schenkung nach Oesterreichischem Rechte," Gratz, 1883; "Der Freischurf," Prague, 1885; "Der Concurs der Offenen Handelsgesellschaft," Prague, 1890; "Die Haftpflicht für Bergschäden nach Oesterreichischem Rechte," Bonn, 1892; "Zur Revision des Oesterreichischen Concursrechtes," Vienna, 1896. He is also one of the editors of the "Juristische Vierteljahrsschrift" and of the "Grundriss des Oesterreichischen Rechts in Systematischer Darstellung" (Leipsic).

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