Alfred Gleiss

Alfred Gleiss (born February 24, 1904 in Neumünster , Schleswig-Holstein ; † March 25, 1997 in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf ) was a German lawyer and author of the post-war period who significantly shaped the development of German and EU antitrust law . In addition to his legal publications, he wrote non-fiction books on the German language and the legal profession.

Life and work

In 1926, Gleiss was awarded a Dr. jur. did his doctorate and settled as a lawyer in Schleswig-Holstein. Gleiss fled from the Nazis in 1936, initially to Norway, his mother's homeland, and later to Sweden. In exile he worked as a drug salesman and music critic .

In 1946 Gleiss came to Stuttgart and built up the antitrust department in the Württemberg-Baden Ministry of Economics . In 1949 he founded his own office for competition and antitrust law .

In 1952 he played a key role in the so-called Willner letter from the American occupation authorities .

1951 to 1962 Gleiss was associated with Arved Deringer . The law firm founded by Gleiss now operates under the name Gleiss Lutz and has more than 300 lawyers and 7 offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Brussels and cooperation offices in Budapest , Prague and Warsaw .

effect

Gleiss wrote over 300 scientific publications . For example, his commentary on antitrust law (together with his partner Martin Hirsch ), which first appeared in 1962 and was published in its 4th edition in 1993, is known. He was also successful as an author of non-fiction books. For one, he wrote in 1986 Should I become a lawyer? The plea for the legal profession , which appeared in its 3rd edition in 1992. On the other hand, he published Besseres Deutsch with vivid examples in 1976 - language on the right track , which was reissued in 1981 (3rd edition 1988) as a non-dictionary - language sins and how to avoid them .

Honors

In February 1977 Gleiss was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class . The Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Lothar Späth awarded him the title of professor in 1983 in recognition of his services .

Individual evidence

↑ The letter is named after the head of the American anti-cartelization agency Sydney H. Willner. In it, companies in the American zone of occupation are allowed to fix second-hand prices. That means that they were allowed to tell the retailers how much their product should cost. See Abdolreza Scheybani: Handicrafts and retail trade in the Federal Republic of Germany. Socio-economic change and SME policy 1949–1961 , Oldenburg 1996, pp. 379–380.

Web links

Literature by and about Alfred Gleiss in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Gleiss, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and author
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neumunster
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 1997
Place of death	Stuttgart-Weilimdorf

[1] The letter is named after the head of the American anti-cartelization agency Sydney H. Willner. In it, companies in the American zone of occupation are allowed to fix second-hand prices. That means that they were allowed to tell the retailers how much their product should cost. See Abdolreza Scheybani: Handicrafts and retail trade in the Federal Republic of Germany. Socio-economic change and SME policy 1949–1961 , Oldenburg 1996, pp. 379–380.