Education
Born in Hannover and brought up in Danemark, Hübner studied law there and was appointed professor at the University of Copenhagen in 1761.
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Later he was a high government official In his principal work, De la saisie des bâtiments neutres (1759), he was the first to formulate the rule that cargo on neutral ships is not a legitimate prize in warfare. This principle was later internationally acknowledged in the 1856 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law.
