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Ernst Carl Stiefel (born November 27, 1907 in Mannheim ; † September 3, 1997 in Baden-Baden ) was a German-American lawyer of Jewish origin.

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Ernst C. Stiefel was the son of the religion teacher Karl Stiefel. He studied law in Heidelberg , Berlin and Paris . In 1929 he received his doctorate from Heidelberg University . In 1933 he was admitted to the bar and settled in Mannheim . Shortly afterwards, following the law on admission to the bar, his admission to the bar was to be withdrawn, so he emigrated to Strasbourg . There he worked for a French insurance company and obtained a lawyer license from the Sorbonne in 1934 . In 1938 he went to London, where he was admitted as a Barrister of the Middle Temple at the High Court of Justice . In 1939 he emigrated to the United States . There he first worked as a dishwasher and chauffeur, in 1940 he became an assistant in a law firm.

During the Second World War , Ernst C. Stiefel first worked on the Board of Economic Warfare and analyzed entries from insurance companies for the selection of potential war targets in Germany. In 1943 he was drafted into the United States Army as an enemy alien and served in the Office of Strategic Services . He was naturalized in the United States in 1944 . After the Second World War, he worked for the Office of Military Government for Germany and helped prepare reparations and compensation for Jewish victims of the Holocaust .

He returned to the United States in 1947, was admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and initially worked for Cleary Gottlieb Friendly & Hamilton. In the 1950s he advised German and American companies on the preparation of investments in the United States and Germany and set up an office in Düsseldorf . From 1971 he worked as Senior Counsel in the law firm of the Coudert brothers in New York .

In addition to his legal work, Ernst C. Stiefel taught comparative law as an associate professor at the New York Law School from 1975 and founded the "Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law". From 1988 to 1996 he organized six "Ernest C. Stiefel Symposia" on problems of international law. He has devoted himself to setting up an archive on German legal emigration to the United States, which is now administered by the Leo Baeck Institute . Together with Frank Mecklenburg, he wrote the book German Jurists in American Exile (1933–1950) on the basis of this material . He was a member of the German-American Lawyers Association.

Ernst C. Stiefel visited Germany for several weeks each year; he died in 1997 during a stay in Baden-Baden.

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Ernst C. Stiefel wrote several books and over 160 articles on various fields of law . The comment on motor vehicle insurance he founded in 1931 was later continued with Werner Wussow, later editions were edited by Edgar Hofmann. The 18th edition published by Karl Maier appeared in 2000.

  • The legal consequences of driving illegally with special consideration of insurance coverage. Dissertation. University of Heidelberg 1929. Winter, Heidelberg 1929.
  • Motor insurance. Explanations of the general insurance conditions for motor vehicle insurance (liability, comprehensive and accident insurance). Stilke, Berlin 1931.
    Continuation:
    with Werner Wussow: Motor insurance. Comment on the general conditions for motor insurance. 2nd Edition. Beck, Munich / Berlin 1953. 8th edition 1971, ISBN 3-406-03430-6 .
    Later editions:
    edited by Edgar Hofmann: 17th edition 2000, ISBN 3-406-46056-9 .
    Later editions:
    Karl Maier (Ed.), Edited by Dirk Halbach: 18th edition: 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-59187-7 .
  • Liability, accident and car insurance, case law 1932/33. Association of Public Fire Insurance Institutions in Germany, Berlin Dahlem 1933.
  • with the assistance of Willy Koenig, Silvio Martinoli: Car liability insurance. Explanations of the Swiss general insurance conditions for motor vehicle liability insurance. Lang, Bern 1934.
  • with Rudolf Mueller, in collaboration with Helmut Debatin : Doing business in Germany. A legal manuel. Knapp, Frankfurt am Main 1960.
    Later editions:
    with Horst Brücher: 6th edition 1971. 8th edition 1978, ISBN 3-7819-0196-3 .
  • with Ernst Meyer, Ernst Jacobi: Typical causes of accidents in German road traffic. 3 volumes. Oldenbourg, Munich 1959–1961, DNB 453352936 .
  • with Ernst Meyer, Ernst Jacobi: Wave for accident-free driving. HUK Association, Cologne 1963, DNB 453353037 .
  • (Ed. And translator): US Investment Company Act 1940/1970. German translation of the American law on investment companies and investment advisors from 1940 in the version dated December 14, 1970. Knapp, Frankfurt am Main 1971.
  • Protection of secrets in the USA for chemical and pharmaceutical products. MMV-Medizin-Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-8208-1057-9 .
  • with Frank Mecklenburg: German lawyers in exile in America (1933–1950). Mohr, Tübingen 1991, ISBN 3-16-145688-2 ( review by Reimer von Borries , DOC, 30 kB).
  • with Marcus Lutter , Michael H. Hoeflich (eds.): The influence of German emigrants on the legal development in the USA and in Germany. Lectures and presentations at the Bonn Symposium in September 1991. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1993, ISBN 3-16-146080-4 .
  • (Ed.): Iusto iure. Festival ceremony for Otto Sandrock on his 65th birthday. Law and Economics, Heidelberg 1995, ISBN 3-8005-1137-1 .

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SURNAME Stiefel, Ernst C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stiefel, Ernst Carl (full name); Stiefel, Ernst Charles; Steefel, Ernest Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1997
Place of death Baden-Baden