Arthur Kaufmann (lawyer)

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Arthur Kaufmann (born May 10, 1923 in Singen (Hohentwiel) , † April 11, 2001 in Munich ) was a German teacher of criminal law and legal philosopher .

The grave of Arthur and Dorothea Kaufmann in the Obermenzing cemetery in Munich.

Life

Arthur Kaufmann, son of the politician Edmund Kaufmann had, in 1941 at the University of Frankfurt am Main for Mathematics and Physics enrolled, but had to soon after indent for military service. In 1945 he returned from the war, but was unable to continue studying mathematics and physics because of a physical injury. He then drove from university town to university town. In Freiburg he met Heidegger , but he did not make a great impression on him. Finally he came to Heidelberg and was fascinated by the personality of Gustav Radbruch , the then dean of the law faculty. Arthur Kaufmann began studying law with him in 1945 . It was in 1949 at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on The wrongdoing in debt doctrine of criminal law doctorate .

After graduating, Arthur Kaufmann was a judge at the Karlsruhe Regional Court . In 1957 he resumed studying philosophy . Then he received his habilitation .

In 1960 he received a professorship at Saarland University , and in 1969 he moved to Munich University . In 1980 he was made a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

He was the editor of the complete edition of the works of Gustav Radbruch , published in 20 volumes from 1987 to 2003 , about which he also wrote a biography.

Works (selection)

  • The principle of guilt . Winter, Heidelberg 1961, ISBN 3-533-02496-2 .
  • Legal philosophy in transition . Athenäum-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972.
  • Right of resistance . (as publisher) Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1972, ISBN 3-534-04149-6 .
  • Gustav Radbruch. Legal thinker, philosopher, social democrat . Piper, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-492-15247-3
  • Legal philosophy. CH Beck. 2nd edition, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42575-5 .
  • Introduction to legal philosophy and legal theory of the present. UTB. 7th edition 2004 (with Winfried Hassemer ), ISBN 3-8252-0593-2 .
  • Kaufmann / Hassemer / Neumann (Hrsg.): Introduction to legal philosophy and legal theory of the present. CF Müller, 8th edition 2011, 9th edition 2016, ISBN 978-3-8114-9518-0 .

Literature (selection)

  • Fritjof Haft (Ed.): Penal justice. Festschrift for Arthur Kaufmann on his 70th birthday . CF Müller, Heidelberg 1993. ISBN 3-8114-1393-7 .
  • Ulfrid Neumann , Winfried Hassemer , Ulrich Schroth (eds.): Responsible law. Arthur Kaufmann's legal philosophy. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08580-9 .
  • Stefan Grote: In search of a “third way”: Arthur Kaufmann's legal philosophy. Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2nd unchanged edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-3424-8 ; Japanese translation of the 1st edition in: The Doshisha Hogaku (The Doshisha Law Review) 2007.
  • Stefan Grote: Arthur Kaufmann , in: Baden-Württembergische Biographien , Volume VII, W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-17-037113-2 , pp. 280–284.

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personal data
SURNAME Kaufmann, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German criminal law teacher and legal philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Singing (Hohentwiel)
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2001
Place of death Munich