Gerhard Luf
Gerhard Luf (born October 17, 1943 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian legal scholar.
Life
He attended high school in the Kandlgasse ( Matura 1961) and a doctorate in 1966 for Dr. iur. at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna . From February 13 to July 16, 1967, he completed a legal practice. From September 1, 1967, he was an assistant at the Institute for Canon Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna. After completing his habilitation in legal philosophy and canon law in February 1978, he was an associate professor for legal philosophy and canon law from October 1, 1980 . Since 1984 he has been the director of the newly founded Institute for Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna. He has been a full university professor since 1990.
His main research interests are Kant's legal philosophy , human rights (e.g. justification of human rights, universality of human rights and cultural difference, freedom of religion) and ethics in medicine (e.g. genetic engineering, human rights in bioethics, allocation problems of scarce resources).
Fonts (selection)
- Freedom and equality. The Topicality in Kant's Political Thought . Vienna 1978, ISBN 0-387-81463-9 .
- as editor with Werner Ogris : The fight for law. Research volume on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Rudolf von Jhering's death . Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-428-08435-7 .
- Freedom as a principle of law. Legal philosophical essays . Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7089-0299-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luf, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |