Albert Friedrich Berner

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Albert Friedrich Berner (born November 30, 1818 in Strasburg / Uckermark , † January 13, 1907 in Berlin ) was a teacher of criminal law (professor) at the University of Berlin and one of the most important Prussian and German criminal law scholars of his time.

education

Albert Friedrich Berner was born the oldest of 15 siblings. His father, Dr. iur. Christian Friedrich Berner (1787–1883) was a royal Prussian judge and district judge in Strasburg. At the age of 15, at the request of his father, Berner moved to live with his mother, Maria Sophia b. Löst, to Berlin and attended the French grammar school there . Berlin became his new home, and he would live here all of his life.

When he graduated from high school as “ Primus Omnium ”, Berner had fluctuated between law and philosophy when choosing subjects . In 1838 he enrolled at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin for both subjects. One of his teachers was, for example, Friedrich Carl von Savigny , for whom he felt a great admiration. In his philosophical studies he felt drawn to the representatives of Hegel .

Professional background

Berner received his doctorate in 1842 with a dissertation on the subject of "De divortiis apud Romanos" and defended the theses it contained against his friend and fellow student Rudolf von Jhering , who appeared as an opponent . In 1844 , Berner completed his habilitation and was accepted as a private lecturer in criminal law by decision of the faculty in Berlin . In May 1848 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Berlin; In 1861, after several unsuccessful requests for promotion, he was finally given a full professorship .

Berner also dealt with the French criminalists and was also in close contact with state and criminal lawyers across the continent. The best known of his numerous writings is the “Textbook of German Criminal Law”, first published in 1857. With this work, Berner attempted to establish a systematic science of criminal law and finally to bring German criminal law under the influence of Hegel ( Hegelianism ). The textbook appeared in 18 editions by 1898 and was translated into several languages.

Berner continued his teaching activity in Berlin until he was 81 years old. He was succeeded in 1899 Franz Liszt .

Works

  • The Doctrine of Participation in Crime (Berl. 1847)
  • Abolition of the death penalty (Dresden. 1861)
  • Criminal legislation in Germany from 1751 to the present (Leipz. 1867)

Berner has also published numerous treatises on criminal law for legal journals such as “Die Nothwehrtheorie” in the archive of Criminal Law NF and edited most of the international law for Bluntschli's state dictionary .

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personal data
SURNAME Berner, Albert Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher of criminal law at the University of Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasburg (Uckermark)
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1907
Place of death Berlin