Dieter Birk
Dieter Birk (born June 16, 1946 in Freising ) is a German lawyer. From 1982 to 2011 he was Professor of Constitutional Law , Administrative Law and Tax Law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.
Life
After studying law at the universities in Tübingen , Munich and Regensburg , he passed his first state examination in 1970. In 1973 he received his doctorate from the law faculty of the University of Regensburg. After passing the assessor exam in Munich in 1975 and briefly working as a lawyer , he qualified as a professor in 1981 at the law faculty of the University of Munich. His habilitation thesis on the subject of "The performance principle as a benchmark for tax standards" was awarded the Albert Hensel Prize .
Since 1982 he was the successor to Paul Kirchhof, director of the Institute for Tax Law at the University of Münster. From 1985 to 1997 he was a part-time judge at the Münster Finance Court . Birk retired from the 2011/2012 winter semester. Since 1998 he has been of counsel at Pöllath + Partner.
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 .
Web links
- Institute for Tax Law at the University of Münster
- Literature by and about Dieter Birk in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Call for the right to vote: "Verkleinert den Bundestag" , open letter from September 20, 2019 in Die Welt .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birk, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and professor for constitutional, administrative and tax law |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freising |