Ulrik Huber (1636-94), Dutch jurist. Huber was born at Franeker in Friesland and went to university there, at Utrecht and Heidelberg. In 167 he was appointed professor of eloquence and history at Franeker and in 1665 professor of law. His major work, De jure civitatis, is best known for its discussion of slavery, Huber considers those for whom slavery is justified to include the captives of war, certain convicts, those who voluntarily give up their liberty and the children of female slaves. He also wrote on the concepts of Roman law and collated a summary of Fresian law in 1686. This engraving comes from Huber's Praelectionum juris of 1689.