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Ewald Karl August Erdmann Löwe (born January 8, 1837 in Militsch , † January 1, 1896 ) was a German judge .

Life

Ewald Leo studied in Breslau , then in Halle (Saale) jurisprudence . During his time in Breslau he also became a member of the Corps Lusatia Breslau . He was a Freemason and a member of the "United Lodge" in Breslau. After completing his studies, Löwe became a public prosecutor in 1866 , but was immediately seconded to the Prussian Ministry of Justice and entrusted with work on the criminal procedure code for the North German Confederation and later for the German Empire . In 1881 he became Dr. iur. hc from the law faculty of the University of Leipzig. In 1889 Leo was namedCriminal judge and President of the Senate transferred to the Reich Court .

Leo was the author of the first legal commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code, which is now named after him and his still result Author Leo Rosenberg . The work from his pen appeared for the first time in 1879 with more than 1000 pages under the title The Code of Criminal Procedure for the German Reich, along with the Courts Constitution Act and the provisions of the other Reich laws relating to criminal proceedings . The work is considered a standard work and, as the oldest German-language legal commentary, is regularly reissued in multiple volumes to this day.

Works

  • The Code of Criminal Procedure , 1st edition. 1879, most recently under the title The Code of Criminal Procedure and the Courts Constitution Act: StPO , 27th edition, 2016 ff.

literature

  • Erdmann Löwe (obituary), in: Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung, 1896, No. 2, p. 31. Digitized
  • Günther Willms: 100 years of Löwe-Rosenberg , in: Juristische Rundschau, 1978, issue 12, p. 485 ff. Doi : 10.1515 / juru.1978.1978.12.485

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 19 , 165 (entry under the first name Erdmann)
  2. ^ Willem Smitt: Catechism of Freemasonry, 2nd edition Leipzig 1899, p. 152.
  3. ^ Website of the Leipzig University Archives: University History / People / Doctoral Books / Leipzig Honorary Title ( Memento from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Page of the publisher CH Beck
personal data
SURNAME Leo, Ewald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löwe, Ewald Karl August Erdmann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judge
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Militsch
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1896