Ernst Seelig
Ernst Josef August Seelig (born March 25, 1895 in Graz , Styria , † November 1, 1955 in Vienna ) was an Austrian lawyer and criminologist .
Life
Ernst Seelig was the son of the music professor and owner of a music publisher August Seelig (1847-1908) and the doctor's daughter Martha von Kottowitz Edle zu Kortschak (1854-1920). After attending elementary school and the humanistic grammar school in Graz ( Matura 1913), he began studying law and political science at the University of Graz in 1913/14 . He received his doctorate in law in 1918.
He gained professional experience as a lawyer and court intern until 1922. Then he was a candidate judge until 1924. In addition, he was active in scientific work at the Criminological Institute of the University of Graz. In 1923 he completed his habilitation at the University of Graz for criminal law, criminal procedural law and criminology with the thesis Das Glücksspielstrafrecht . After further university activities, in August 1941 he became a full professor for criminal law and criminal proceedings and at the same time director of the Criminological Institute.
Ernst Seelig was a member of the Fatherland Front (VF) from 1934 to 1938 . During this time Kurt Schuschnigg was Federal Chancellor ; From mid-1936 the VF was the only approved party in Austria. On May 5, 1938, a few weeks after the annexation of Austria , he became a candidate for membership of the NSDAP . ; on January 1, 1941 he was accepted.
In February 1939 he became a member of the National Socialist Lecturer Association and lecturer at the University of Graz. Here he took over the post of press officer in 1940. In addition, since February 1939, he was entrusted with all the cross- breed examinations carried out in accordance with the Nuremberg Laws .
On February 4, 1946, Seelig was suspended from duty by order of the British occupying forces . The provincial advisory committee at the governorate for Styria temporarily reinstated him in November 1946; the British civil administration relieved him from service on January 22, 1947 because of a decision by the Allied Commission for Austria (ACA); By decree of the Ministry of Education of August 26, 1947, he was retired as a full assistant on August 31, 1947 under the Civil Service Transition Act with a reduction in his retirement benefits until he reached the age of 60.
In 1951 he received again the Venia Legendi for criminal law, criminal procedure law and criminology at the University of Graz. From March 1952 he was a visiting professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Saarland , where he still held his function in Graz, until he finally moved in April 1954 Saarbrücken changed.
In 1954, Seelig married Roswitha Grüner (* 1920) and relocated to Saarbrücken. At Pentecost 1955 he returned to Graz due to illness. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer, he went to a private clinic in Vienna for treatment, where he died of this disease on November 1, 1955.
He was buried in Graz.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Seelig: The gambling criminal law. From d. Criminolog. Institute d. Univ. Graz , Graz 1923
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seelig, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seelig, Ernst Josef August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lawyer and criminologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz , Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1955 |
| Place of death | Vienna |