Gerhard Noodt
Gerhard Noodt (4 September 1647 – 15 August 1725) was a Dutch jurist, born in
Nijmegen. Educated at
Leiden,
Utrecht, and
Franeker, he became a professor of law at the
Nijmegen and the
Franeker. As a writer on
jurisprudence he acquired a wide reputation. His
Latin style was modelled after the best writers, and his numerous works soon rose to the rank of standard authorities. Two of his political treatises were translated into
French by
Jean Barbeyrac, and appeared at
Amsterdam in 1707 and 1714, under the respective titles of ''Pouvoir des souverains'' and ''Liberté de conscience''.
The first edition of his collected works was published at Leiden in 1724 and the last in 1767. That of 1735 and those subsequent contain a life of the author by Barbeyrac.
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