Gustav Kaufmann (lawyer)
Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Kaufmann (born August 24, 1842 in Erfurt ; † October 9, 1919 ) was a German judge. Most recently he was President of the Senate at the Reich Court.
Life
Kaufmann studied law at the Friedrichs-Universität Halle and the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen . He became active in the Corps Saxonia Halle (1861) and in the Corps Franconia Tübingen (1862). In 1864 he was sworn in to the King of Prussia. In 1870 he became a court assessor. He took part in the German War and the Franco-German War as an officer. After he had passed the assessor examination in 1872 , he came to the Ministry of Justice as an unskilled worker. In 1874 he became a district judge at the Quedlinburg district court . In 1879 he was appointed district judge in Osnabrück . He was later transferred to Halle (Saale) . In 1889 he was promoted to the higher regional judge in Naumburg . In 1893 he came to the Reichsgericht in the Second Criminal Senate . From 1903 to 1905 he was chairman of the commission for the revision of criminal procedure law . In 1906 he was appointed President of the newly established V Criminal Senate. Because of a sciatica, he retired early in 1912 (at the age of 70).
Honors
- Iron Cross 2nd class
- Dr. iur. hc from the University of Leipzig
- Honorary member of the Corps Saxonia Halle
literature
- Adolf Lobe : Fifty Years of the Reich Court on October 1, 1929. Berlin 1929, p. 344.
- (Personnel changes at the Reichsgericht: Kaufmann, v. Tischendorf), Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung, year 17 (1912), Sp. 677/678
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 106/297; 194/242
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaufmann, Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Senate President at the Reichsgericht |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1919 |