EICHHORN, KARL FRIEDRICH Ger man jurist, son of the preceding, born at Jena on Nov. 20, 178r, was professor of law at Frankfurt-on-Oder, Berlin, and Gottingen successively. He died at Cologne on July 4, 1854. Eichhorn is regarded as one of the principal authorities on German constitu tional law. His chief work is Deutsche Staats- and Rechtsge schichte (Gottingen, 1808-1823, 5th ed. 1843-1844). In com pany with Savigny and J. F. L. Goschen he founded the Zeit schri f t fur gescliichtlic/ie Rechtswissenscha f t.
See Schulte, Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, sein Leben and Wirken (1884).