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His chief work was the framing of a penal code for Bavaria.

In 1804, he had moved from the University of Kiel to the University of Landshut, but, on being commanded by King Maximilian Joseph to draft a penal code for Bavaria ( Strafgesetzbuch für das Königreich Bayern ), in 1805 he moved to Munich where he was given a high appointment in the Ministry of Justice and was ennobled in 1808.

The practical reform of penal legislation in Bavaria was begun under his influence in 1806 by the abolition of torture.