Edmund Benedict

Edmund Benedikt (born June 10, 1851 in Döbling , † February 1, 1929 in Vienna ) was an Austrian lawyer and politician .

Life

Born the son of a Jewish factory owner, Benedikt studied history and law in Vienna from the winter semester 1868/69 after attending the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna, where he became a member of the Braune Arminia fraternity in 1868 . In 1874 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . In 1880 he became a lawyer in Vienna. From 1890 to 1908 he was a member of the Bar Committee. During this time he published numerous legal writings, including working on the draft Austrian criminal law, in particular on reforming the criminal process . From 1890 to 1904 he was editor of the legal papers . From 1896 to 1902 he was a councilor for the city of Vienna and a liberal member of the Lower Austrian state parliament . From 1919 he was President of the National Debt Control Commission.

His sister Ottilie was married to Karl Emil Franzos . His nephew was the later historian Heinrich Benedikt .

Honors

• Franz Joseph Order , Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
• Order of the Iron Crown

Publications (selection)

• Aphorisms and criminal law. 1883.
• The advocacy of our time. 1903, 4th edition 1912.
• The preliminary draft for an Austrian criminal law. 1911.
• Twelve court speeches from the years 1880–1911. 1912

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , pp. 67-68.