Hermenegild Jireček

Hermenegild Jireček, Ritter von Samokov (Czech: Hermenegild Jireček, rytíř ze Samokovu; 13 April 1827 – 29 December 1909), Bohemian jurisconsult, who was born at Vysoké Mýto (then part of the Austrian Empire), was an official in the Prague bureau of education.

[1] Among his important works on Slavonic law were Codex juris bohemici (11 parts, 1867–1892), and a Collection of Slav Folk-Law (Czech, 1880), Slav Law in Bohemia and Moravia down to the 19th Century (Czech, 3 vols.

[1] His brother Josef Jireček was also a noted scholar.

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