Peder Kofod Ancher
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Danish judge
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Peder Kofod Ancher's Degrees
- PhD Law University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Peder Kofod Ancher was a Danish jurist, and with and one of the most influential jurists in Denmark in the 18th century. After studies of theology and law at the Sorø Academy, Kofod Ancher was appointed professor of law there in 1741. He defended the Danish absolutist monarchy against Enlightenment criticism, writing a polemic against Montesquieu's De l'esprit des lois in 1765. His principal work is the first history of Danish law, in which he emphasized the view that Danish law had original roots and was subject to limited influence from other traditions.
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