Hans Lisken

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Hans F. Lisken (born February 21, 1931 in Düsseldorf ; † February 3, 2004 in Dresden ) was a German lawyer and police chief .

Life

After his legal training and doctorate as Dr. jur. Hans Lisken initially worked as a judge from 1960 to 1980, most recently as presiding judge at the Düsseldorf Regional Court. From 1976 to 1979 he was seconded to the Federal Constitutional Court as a research assistant . In 1981 he was appointed police chief of his hometown Düsseldorf. Lisken held this position until his age-related retirement in 1996. He then settled in Düsseldorf as a lawyer.

From 1968 he worked as a lecturer in the training of police and lawyers, most recently as honorary professor at the law faculty of Heinrich Heine University . As an expert on constitutional and police law, Hans Lisken wrote numerous articles in specialist magazines and daily newspapers, a selection of which is contained in the book Rechtsstaat - what else? have been published in summary. In addition, Lisken, together with Erhard Denninger, has been the publisher and author of the standard work Handbuch des Polizeirechts , which continues to appear under his name, since 1992 .

Hans Lisken died on February 3, 2004 in Dresden, after he had collapsed with a heart attack on January 29, 2004 after a hearing as an expert in the Saxon state parliament .

Awards

In 1995 Hans Lisken received the Fritz Bauer Prize of the Humanist Union . The laudator, Bundestag Vice President Burkhard Hirsch , acknowledged that Lisken had fearlessly and uncomfortably vouched for the freedom of the individual and for a humane society in teaching and practice.

Works

  • Handbuch des Polizeirechts (Ed.). CH Beck, Munich 1992. ISBN 3-406-35625-7 (4th edition is available)
  • Rule of law - what else? Selected writings . Nomos, Baden-Baden 1996. ISBN 3-7890-4216-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Hans Lisken ( memento from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at tondorfboehm.de. Retrieved from webcache.googleusercontent.com on June 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b We mourn Professor Dr. jur. Hans Lisken . Reinhard Mokros. In: Communications No. 184 of the Humanist Union . Retrieved from humanistische-union.de on June 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Laudation for Hans Lisken on the occasion of the award of the Fritz Bauer Prize on June 7, 1995 in Düsseldorf . In: procedure No. 131 (issue 3/1995). Retrieved from humanistische-union.de on June 8, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Lisken, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lisken, Hans F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and police chief
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2004
Place of death Dresden