Armin English

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Armin Engländer (born January 25, 1969 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German legal scholar . Since October 1, 2014, he has been professor of criminal law , criminal procedural law , legal sociology and legal philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Life

Engländer first studied political science at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in 1989/90 . From 1990 to 1996 he studied law there and passed the first state examination in 1996 . He was then a trainee lawyer and passed the second state examination in 1999.

From 1999 to 2002, Engländer worked as a research assistant , from 2002 to 2008 as a research assistant and from 2008 to 2009 as an academic advisor to Michael Hettinger at the chair for criminal law, criminal procedural law and criminal law history at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . In 2002, he was with his work on the issue " discourse as a source of law ?" At Horst Dreier at the Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg doctorate . In 2008 Engländer completed his habilitation with his thesis “Reason and Limits of Emergency Aid ” at the Faculty of Law and Economics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and received the venia legendi for criminal law , criminal procedure law , legal philosophy and legal theory .

In 2008, Engländer was offered professorships for criminal law and criminal procedure law in Trier and Passau . As of April 1, 2009, Engländer held the chair for criminal law, criminal procedure law, commercial criminal law and legal philosophy at the Law Faculty of the University of Passau, succeeding Bernhard Haffke . In 2014 Engländer accepted a professorship for criminal law, criminal procedural law, legal philosophy and legal sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, where he has been teaching and researching since October 1, 2014.

Political commitment

English is a member of the CDU . He was a member of the district council of the Hochtaunuskreis for 16 years , including chairman of the parliamentary group for almost 10 years .

Research priorities

Engländer's academic focus is particularly on the topics of self-defense and emergency aid , justifying and excusing emergencies and other reasons for justification and apology . In addition, within the framework of legal philosophy , he deals with the discourse theory of law and with legal positivism / natural law controversy . He has authored several textbooks and published essays and other publications. His writings have been translated into Russian and Japanese.

Works

Monographs

  • Discourse as a legal source? - On the critique of the discourse theory of law (=  The Unit of Social Sciences . Volume 125 ). Mohr Siebeck , Tübingen 2002 (additional dissertation Würzburg, 2001/2002).
  • Reason and limits of emergency aid . Mohr Siebeck , Tübingen 2008 (Additional Habilitation Mainz, 2007/2008).

Articles (selection)

  • Exam revision course Criminal Procedure Law . In: Unirep Jura - In a nutshell . 5th, revised edition. CF Müller , Heidelberg 2011.
  • Fundamental rights as compensation for deficits in discourse ethics? Critical remarks on Jürgen Habermas ' discourse theory of law . In: Archive for Legal and Social Philosophy . 1995, p. 482-495 .
  • Basic features of modern legal positivism . In: Legal Education . 2000, p. 113-118 .
  • The Lessons of the Social Contract . In: Legal Education . 2002, p. 381-386 .
  • Legal justification through enlightened self-interest . In: Legal Training . 2002, p. 535-540 .
  • Moral correctness as a condition of legal validity? An epistemological critique . In: Archive for Legal and Social Philosophy . 2004, p. 86-97 (Japanese translation: The Meiji Law Review. 2010, pp. 303-329).
  • The context of danger in the case of bodily harm resulting in death . In: Goltdammer's archive for criminal law . 2008, p. 669-685 .
  • The application of § 34 StGB to intrapersonal conflicts of interest . In: Goltdammer's archive for criminal law . 2010, p. 15-26 .
  • Participation in the killing on demand. At the same time a criticism of the case law on the system of homicides . In: Knut Amelung u. a. (Ed.), Festschrift for Volker Krey . For his 70th birthday on July 9, 2010 . Stuttgart 2010, p. 71-80 .
  • The duty of self-defense . In: Manfred Heinrich u. a. (Ed.), Festschrift for Claus Roxin on his 80th birthday . Berlin / New York 2011, pp. 657-671 .
  • The resignation of the attempted omission offense by simply remaining inactive . In: Legal journal . 2012, p. 130-133 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A new professor for criminal law at the university . In: Passauer Neue Presse . April 2, 2009, p. 26 ( online ). online ( Memento from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Armin Engländer's curriculum vitae on the LMU Munich website , accessed on January 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Haibach follows Englishman . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . October 29, 2008 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Englishman, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main