Adolf Merkel
Adolf Merkel (born January 11, 1836 in Mainz , † March 30, 1896 in Strasbourg ) was a German legal scholar.
Life
Merkel studied law from 1854 to 1857 at the Hessian Ludwig University of Gießen , the Georg August University of Göttingen and the Friedrich Wilhelms University of Berlin . At the suggestion of Giessen Criminal teacher Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum , he was in 1858 without dissertation Dr. iur. PhD. At the instigation of Rudolf von Jhering , he completed his habilitation in 1862.
In 1868 he was appointed to the Charles University in Prague . Fritz Mauthner was one of his listeners in Prague . Four years later he moved to the University of Vienna as Julius Glaser's successor . In 1874 he went to the new Kaiser Wilhelms University of Strasbourg . In 1889/90 he was its rector . His rector's speech on May 1, 1889 dealt with the "connection between the development of criminal law and the overall development of public conditions and the intellectual life of peoples" .
Merkel tried to combine a general legal theory with a historical-social-scientific cultural theory of legal development. He died in office at the age of 60.
Works
- Forensic Treatises (1867)
- On the relation of legal philosophy to positive jurisprudence and to the general part of it (1874)
- Legal Encyclopedia (1885)
- Elements of general legal theory , in: Encyklopädie der Rechtswwissenschaft (1890)
- Leftover Fragments and Collected Papers . Diss. Univ. Strasbourg (1898/99)
Honors
- Corresponding member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (1893)
literature
- Ernst Josef Hermsen: Adolf Merkel's theory of retribution . Diss. Univ. Heidelberg 1909.
- Alfons Adams: The teaching of crime and punishment in the Adolf Merkel system . Diss. Univ. Bonn 1929.
- Georg Dornseifer: Legal Theory and Criminal Law Doctrine of Adolf Merkel - A Contribution to Realism in Jurisprudence . Diss. Univ. Bonn 1979.
- Fritz van Calker : Merkel, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 327-329.
- Monika Frommel : Merkel, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 148 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Habilitation thesis: On the doctrine of continued crime .
- ↑ The Philosophy of the Present in Self-Representations, Vol. 3. Leipzig 1922. S. 2.
- ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merkel, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1896 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |