Johann Stephan Pütter was a German law lecturer and publicist. He was professor of law at the university of Göttingen from 1746 until his death. He exerted great influence on the law institutions of h
Portrait of Johann Stephan Pütter by Carl Lafontaine
Title page of Historische Entwicklung der heutigen Staatsverfassung
The Aulic Council was one of the two supreme courts of the Holy Roman Empire, the other being the Reichskammergericht. Unlike the Reichskammergericht, which was tied to the Imperial estates, the Aulic
Reichskanzlei wing of the Hofburg, Vienna
Meeting of the Aulic Council, 1683
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, played a major role in the proceedings of the Aulic Council during the reign of Emperor Charles VI
Aulic Councilor Johann Adam von Questenberg with lute. However, Questenberg did not have an extensive legal background. In 1712, Questenberg’s colleague Nikolaus Christoph von Lyncker accused him of passing the time at sessions reading French novels.