Life Eduard Herbst

czech cartoon of eduard herbst blindly crossing on bohemian lion (1881)

as such, introduced number of important reforms—among them abolition of imprisonment debt, introduction of jury in libel suits against press, organization of district courts, important finance measures, and, above all, confessional ordinances of 1868. herbst retained office under auersperg s successor eduard taaffe, whom fell out in 1870, when sided education minister leopold hasner von artha against taaffe s federalist policies; , hasner resigned on april 4.

his party lost control of government, , led german liberal opposition in reichsrat in attacks on cabinets of alfred jozef potocki , karl sigmund von hohenwart. fall of latter, in october 1871, brought constitutional party more power, when herbst became leader of government forces in austrian lower house. remained advocate of centralist german-liberal politics , stood out opponent of austro-hungarian rule in bosnia , herzegovina in 1878. in latter years of life, however, during second cabinet of minister-president taaffe 1879 onwards, herbst lost of former influence because of split in former compact party.

herbst profound legal academic. among writings may mentioned handbuch des österreichischen strafrechts (7th edition, 1882–84).