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Ernst Hafter, around 1922

Ernst Sigmund Hafter (born December 9, 1876 in Zurich ; † March 17, 1949 in Kilchberg ) was a Swiss legal scholar .

life and work

Ernst Hafter enrolled at the University of Zurich in 1895 . In 1896 he moved to the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin and spent a semester at Strasbourg in the following year . He then did his doctorate in Bern under Eugen Huber with a thesis on the Swiss railway pension .

Ernst Hafter decided to specialize in the field of criminal law . In 1901 he moved to Berlin again to work on his post- doctoral thesis The criminal and criminal offenses of associations of persons at the Franz von Liszt's Criminal Institute . With this thesis he successfully applied for the venia legendi for the subjects of criminal law as well as criminal and civil procedure law at the University of Zurich in 1902 . As early as August 1905, Hafter was appointed associate professor for legal encyclopedia and legal philosophy , as well as for joint representation of criminal law and both processes.

1908–1946 Ernst Hafter also worked as a judge at the Zurich Court of Cassation and from 1925–1946 at the Federal Military Court of Cassation . From 1910 to 1912 he was dean of the law and political science faculty and from the summer semester 1922 to the winter semester 1923/24 he was rector of the University of Zurich. In 1942 Ernst Hafter retired . In recognition of his services, he was appointed honorary professor by the government council.

Ernst Hafter played an important role in the decriminalization of homosexual acts as part of the drafting of the Swiss Criminal Code . On the basis of Hafter's remarks on the subject, the National Council decided in 1929 to legalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex.

Fonts (selection)

  • Textbook of Swiss criminal law. 3 volumes. J. Springer, Berlin 1926-43.

See also

literature

  • Caterina Nägeli: Ernst Hafter, life and work . Schulthess, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-7255-2604-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matriculation edition of the University of Zurich. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  2. ^ Dossier: Hafter, Ernst, 1876–1949, Introduction to Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Criminal and Civil Procedure, Philosophy of Law. UZH archive . Signature: AB.1.0369. link
  3. ^ Ernst Hafter: Homosexuality and Criminal Legislators . In: Swiss Journal for Criminal Law . tape 43 , 1929, pp. 37-71 .
personal data
SURNAME Hafter, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hafter, Ernst Sigmund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1949
Place of death Kilchberg