hierarchy and its government of the church. The work is planned with special reference to Germany; but in fact its scheme embraces the whole of the Roman Catholic organization in its principles and practice. Unfortunately, even this part of the work remains incomplete; two chapters of book i. and the whole of book ii., which was to have dealt with "the rights and duties of the members of the hierarchy," remain unwritten; the most notable omission is that of the ecclesiastical law in relation to the regular orders. Incomplete as it is, however, the Kirchenrecht remains a work of the highest scientific authority. Epoch-making in its application of the modern historical method to the study of ecclesiastical law in its theory and practice, it has become the model for the younger school of canonists. See the articles by Emil Seckel in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopädie (3rd ed., 1900), and by Ulrich Stutz in the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, vol. 50 (Leipzig, 1905). 1835 births 1898 deaths Jurists from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg German Protestants National Liberal Party (Germany) politicians Members of the 2nd Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 3rd Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the Prussian House of Lords