Johannes Voet
Johannes Voet was a Dutch jurist and the son of Paulus Voet, who was the son in turn of the famous theologian Gisbertus Voetius. Voet probably studied in Utrecht, after which he became a professor in Herborn. In 1673, he was made professor of law at the University of Utrecht. From 1680 to his death he was a professor at Leiden.
Voet's most famous work is his Commentarius ad Pandectas. While it shows signs of legal humanism, it may also be considered a Dutch form of Usus modernus Pandectarum. In the 19th century, it was translated into Italian. It is still an important source of South African law.
“Anger should be especially kept down in punishing, because he who comes to punishment in wrath will never hold that middle course which lies between the too much and the too little. It is also true that it would be desirable that they who hold the office of Judges should be like the laws, which approach punishment not in a spirit of anger but in one of equity.”
Johannes Voet