Ernst von Caemmerer

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Ernst von Caemmerer (left) at the 500th anniversary of the University of Freiburg, 1956

Ernst von Caemmerer (born January 17, 1908 in Berlin ; † June 23, 1985 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German legal scholar .

Life

Ernst von Caemmerer spent his school days in Berlin. From 1926 to 1930 he studied law in Munich and Berlin and received his doctorate at the age of 23. In 1934 he passed his assessor examination and was subsequently an assistant judge at the Berlin Regional Court, and from 1937 onwards he was in the legal office of Dresdner Bank . After von Caemmerer had already worked as Ernst Rabel's assistant at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Berlin (today: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law ; now in Hamburg), he had already worked 1937 held a position as a consultant at the institute. During the Second World War , von Caemmerer commanded the minesweeper M-20 in the 1st minesweeping flotilla as a first lieutenant in the reserve , and was eventually taken prisoner, from which he returned to Germany in 1946. In the same year he received his habilitation from Walter Hallstein at the University of Frankfurt am Main .

In 1947, von Caemmerer was offered a chair for foreign and international private law at the University of Freiburg as the successor to Hans Großmann-Doerth . He remained loyal to Freiburg University until his retirement in 1976; He refused calls to Bonn, Cologne and Munich. Numerous well-known legal scholars worked as assistants at his chair, including Peter Schlechtriem , who took over the chair after von Caemmerer's retirement, Uwe Blaurock , Günter Hager , Hans G. Leser , Karl Kreuzer , Clausdieter Schott and Alfred Biolek .

In addition to his academic activities, von Caemmerer u. a. as a member of the commission for the reform of the law of damages, as an advisor for the Ministry of Justice and expert for state and economic institutions, as a member of the deputation of the German Juristentag , as chairman of the commission of the law of obligations of the German Council for international private law, as vice-doyen of the international faculty for comparative law in Strasbourg and as a member of the German delegation to the Hague Conference in 1964, at which the Uniform Sales Laws - forerunners of today's UN Sales Law (CISG) - were adopted.

Caemmerer also impressed as an academic teacher. The American law professor George P. Fletcher, who spent an exchange year at the University of Freiburg in 1964/65, wrote: "I was also very impressed that year by the intellectual and teaching style of a Freiburg professor of private law, Ernst von Caemmerer. For years I consciously imitated by Caemmerer's dynamic style of lecturing and questioning students. " .

During his teaching activity, von Caemmerer was elected rector of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1956 . From 1962 to 1973 he was President of the Comparative Law Society .

Von Caemmerer died in Freiburg in 1985 at the age of 77. Susanne von Caemmerer is his daughter.

In his memory, his students set up the Ernst von Caemmerer Foundation, the aim of which is to promote comparative law.

Awards

literature

  • Günter Hager: Ernst von Caemmerer (1908-1985) . ZEuP 2008, pages 506-516
  • Hans G. Readers (Ed.): Ernst von Caemmerer. Collected writings, Volume I: Comparative Law and Law of Obligations, Volume II: Company Law, Currency and Credit . Mohr Siebeck Tübingen 1968; Volume III: 1968 - 1982, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1983.
  • Hans G. Readers: Obituary . Juristentung 1985, p. 735 ff.
  • Wolfram Müller-Freienfels: Ernst von Caemmerer † , in: Rabel's magazine for foreign and international private law, 50th year, volume 1/2, legal standardization and legal adjustment (1986), pp. 339–342

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Federal Archives MSG 2/12810: Letter to mother about mine clearing service ; Bundesarchiv MSG 2/17406: Ten pictures of Mr. Caemmerer's first MS fleet
  2. ↑ George P. Fletcher: The Grammar of Criminal Law: American, Comparative, and International , Oxford University Press 2007
  3. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed August 14, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
Bernhard Welte Rector of the University of Freiburg
1956 - 1957 		Gerd Tellenbach
personal data
SURNAME Caemmerer, Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1985
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau