Gerald Grünwald
Gerald Grünwald (born September 5, 1929 in Prague , † December 18, 2009 in Bonn ) was a German lawyer and university professor.
Grünwald studied in Göttingen and was chairman of the AStA there in 1952 . From 1963 until his retirement he was professor of criminal law and criminal procedural law at the University of Bonn . 1970/71 Rector in Bonn, he was elected President of the West German Rectors' Conference for the 1971/72 office year . 1975–81 Grünwald was also President of the German Student Union .
Grünwald became known to a wider public as one of 16 "alternative professors" who presented a detailed draft law for a major reform of the criminal law in 1966 . After German reunification , Grünwald criticized the verdicts passed against former GDR border soldiers in the so-called Wall Rifle Trials , which, in his opinion , violated the basic law's prohibition of retroactive effects .
Awards
- 1978 Fritz Bauer Prize
literature
- Friedrich Dencker: Obituary. Gerald Grünwald. In: Strafverteidiger Heft 2/2010, p. 110.
- Günter Bemmann : Memories of a companion. (PDF; 39 kB) In: Journal for International Criminal Law Doctrine (ZIS) Issue 4/2011, pp. 275 ff.
- Ingeborguppe : Grünwald as a colleague. (PDF; 58 kB) In: ZIS 4/2011, p. 277 ff.
- Helmut Frister : Grünwald as an academic teacher. (PDF; 74 kB) In: ZIS 4/2011, p. 280 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerald Grünwald: The prohibition of retroactive effects and the German unification. In: Grundrechte-Report 1998, pp. 267–272.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerald Grünwald in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gerald Grünwald in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Obituary for Gerald Grünwald in the journal of the Humanist Union
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünwald, Gerald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Bonn |