Detlef Merten
Detlef Merten (born November 29, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German legal scholar.
Merten studied law , political science and economics and received his doctorate in administrative sciences (Dr. rer. Pol.) In 1963 and a doctorate in law (Dr. jur.) In 1969. In 1971 he completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Law at the Free University of Berlin . Merten has been a professor at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer since 1972 . From 1974 to 1983 he worked as a part-time judge at the Higher Administrative Court of Rhineland-Palatinate ; from 1983 he was a member of the Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate . From 1977 to 1979 Merten was also rector of the DHV Speyer and from 1995 to 1997 a member of the reform commission on the size of the Bundestag.
In September 2019 he was one of about 100 constitutional law teachers who, with the open appeal for the right to vote, Downsized the Bundestag! turned to the German Bundestag .
Awards
- 1998: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1999: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2007: Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Gold medal for services to the State of Vienna
Web links
- Literature by and about Detlef Merten in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page from Detlef Merten at DHV Speyer
- Short biography at Duncker & Humblot
Individual evidence
- ↑ Call for the right to vote: "Verkleinert den Bundestag" , open letter from September 20, 2019 in Die Welt .
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
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| SURNAME | Merten, Detlef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |