Günter Heine (lawyer)

Günter Heine (born June 4, 1952 in Ravensburg ; † June 25, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German lawyer and university professor in Switzerland.

After studying law , political science and sociology at the University of Tübingen , he received his doctorate in 1987 on killing for low motives under the supervision of Albin Eser at the University of Freiburg / Breisgau . His habilitation in environmental criminal law took place in 1994 at the University of Basel . From 1994 to 1996 he was Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Technical and Environmental Law at the University of Dresden . From 1996 to 2000 he taught at the University of Giessen as a full professor for German and foreign criminal law. From 2001 until his death he was full professor for criminal law, criminal procedure law and international criminal law at the University of Bern , as well as co-director at the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology and board member of the School for Criminology, International Criminal Law and Psychology. He conducted research in the areas of European and international economic and environmental criminal law. He was also known for his comments in the Schönke / Schröder standard commentary on the German Criminal Code from the 26th to the 28th edition.

literature

• Karl-Ludwig Kunz , Hans Vest: On the death of Professor Dr. Günter Heine. In: Swiss Journal for Criminal Law. ISSN  0036-7893 , Volume 129, 2011, No. 4, p. 361 f.
• Walter Gropp : Günter Heine †. In: JuristenZeitung . Volume 66, 2011, No. 20, pp. 998 f., Doi: 10.1628 / 002268811797906347 .
• Walter Gropp: In Memoriam ПАМЯТИ ГЮНТЕРА ХАЙНЕ (Pamjati Günter Heine). In: Национальная безопасность (National Security). Volume 2, 2012, No. 19, pp. 131-133.

Web links

• Works by and about Günter Heine  in the German Digital Library
• Antonio Benjamin, Michael Faure: In Memorium Günter Heine , INECE press release from December 19, 2011
• Hans Vest, Karl-Ludwig Kunz: On the death of law professor Günter Heine. In: Unilink. The news from the University of Bern. October 2011, p. 9 (with picture)