Hans-Peter Benöhr

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Hans-Peter Benöhr (born March 14, 1937 in Berlin ; † July 22, 2017 there ) was a German legal scholar with a focus on the history of Roman law .

Life

As a legal historian, Hans-Peter Benöhr was a student of Max Kaser , the doyen of Roman law in Germany. Benöhr stood out particularly through his research on the relationship between state and society (especially the economy) in Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries.

His academic career as a professor of private law, Roman law and legal history led him to the Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland) in 1976 , to the University of Vienna in 1980 , in 1985 after a stopover at the University of Kansas to the University of Frankfurt and finally to the Humboldt in 1996 -Universität zu Berlin , where he retired in 2002. He taught German law as a visiting professor at Nanjing University .

Politically, Benöhr represented an economic liberalism based on the works of Adam Smith with elements of the welfare state. In his research on the history of social security and unemployment insurance, he came to the conclusion that, contrary to other opinions, there was no economy in Germany in modern times that was free of state influence. In addition, Benöhr examined the history of the Jews as a minority in Germany.

Works

  • The so-called synallagma in the consensual contracts of classical Roman law . Cram, de Gruyter. Hamburg 1965. (Dissertation)
  • Acquisition of ownership by violent addicts in classical Roman law . Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1972. ISBN 3-428-02756-6 . (Habilitation thesis)
  • As editor: Iuris professio - Festschrift for Max Kaser on his 80th birthday. Vienna 1986. ISBN 3-205-07210-3 .
  • Job placement and unemployment benefits in recent German legal history . Mohr, Tübingen 1991. ISBN 3-16-145800-1 .

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SURNAME Benöhr, Hans-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2017
Place of death Berlin