Hubert Armbruster

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Hubert F. Armbruster (born August 12, 1911 in Baden-Baden ; † April 4, 1995 in Munich ) was a German lawyer and professor of public and international law .

education

Armbruster was born on August 12, 1911 in Baden-Baden. There he first attended elementary school and grammar school before he began studying law . He spent his time as a student at the universities of Berlin , Heidelberg and Freiburg , with a stay abroad in Paris and at the Hague Academy for International Law . In 1935 Armbruster passed the exam as a trainee lawyer and entered the public service.

Professional background

After Armbruster had completed his work as a trainee lawyer in 1939, he received a teaching position for public law at the University of Freiburg. At the same time he was a speaker at the IHK Freiburg . In 1940 Armbruster worked for the Bank for International Settlements in Basel for a short time . After the end of the Second World War , he first found a job as head of the information department in the State Secretariat in Tübingen , before he was offered a professorship for public law and political science at the University of Mainz in the same year . In 1948/49 Armbruster was a delegate for the Marshall Plan at the OECD . In 1950 he became a judge at the Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate and at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Administrative Court. As a member of the Administrative Court of the International Labor Organization in Geneva, he also worked as a judge at the international level. He was also a member of the Control Commission of the European Social Charter and Chairman of the Supervisory Committee for the Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry .

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Working as a lawyer

The model for Armbruster's teaching in the field of constitutional law were the ideas developed by Montesquieu on the separation of powers . In his dissertation from 1937 with the title The Change of the Reich Budget Law , he subordinated budget law to the totalitarian will of the leader, in keeping with the spirit of the times, whereby the work also shows that he saw the principle of publicity as a supporting element despite everything.

In 1967 Armbruster submitted an expert opinion on the economic and social order of the constitution of Rhineland-Palatinate on behalf of the DGB , in which the reference to Montesquieu again becomes very clear. This is not so much the case in Armbruster's approach of the welfare state and his endeavors to be closer to the citizens than his proposals for reforming the administrative structure. For example, the idea of intermediate instances can already be found in what is probably Montesquieu's most famous work.

Working as an artist

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Armbruster also worked as a painter. The role model here was Julius Bissier , whom Armbruster got to know while studying in Freiburg. In addition to painting behind glass , Armbruster also made gouache pictures . While his stained glass are kept simple and plain, Armbruster often chose a more extensive approach with his gouaches. His pictures rarely have titles. In 1991 some of his later works were exhibited in the gallery of the Old Town Hall in Simmern .

Others

During the Second World War Armbruster joined the Färber circle . After his return from Switzerland he was drafted in 1941 and taken prisoner by the Soviets.

After his retirement , Armbruster and his wife retired to a mill in Simmern. He was a member of the Rotary Club and the German Society for Foreign Policy .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • The change of the imperial budget law. Gatzer & Hahn, Freiburg 1939, dissertation.
  • Manual of the Montan Union. Agenor Druck und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt 1953–72.
  • Draft of a law to protect the freedom of opinion. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-16-633681-8 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Schneider: Approach Hubert Armbruster 1911–1995 . In: Faculty of Law and Economics (Ed.): Hubert Armbruster (1911–1995) (=  writings from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . Issue 5). Press office of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-9802819-2-2 , p. 5–9 , here p. 8 .
  2. ^ Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu: De l'Esprit des Lois . In: Roger Caillois (ed.): Oeuvres complètes / Montesquieu. Texts prés. et annoté by Roger Caillois (=  Bibliothèque de la Pleiade . Volume 81 ). Gallimard, Paris 1951, LCCN  50-028249 , OCLC 1052710 , chap. 4 , p. 247 .
  3. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Imiela : Hubert Armbruster - A lawyer paints . In: Faculty of Law and Economics (Ed.): Hubert Armbruster (1911–1995) (=  writings from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . Issue 5). Press office of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-9802819-2-2 , p. 10–12 , here p. 11 .
  4. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Imiela: Hubert Armbruster - A lawyer paints . In: Faculty of Law and Economics (Ed.): Hubert Armbruster (1911–1995) (=  writings from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . Issue 5). Press office of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-9802819-2-2 , p. 10–12 , here p. 12 .
  5. ^ Hugo Ott: Hans Filbinger 1933-1940. Studies and internship under the conditions of the Third Reich. In: Heinz Hürten, Wolfgang Jäger, Hugo Ott: Hans Filbinger - The case and the facts: a historical and political analysis. Ed .: Bruno Heck. v. Hase and Koehler, Mainz 1980, ISBN 3-7758-1002-1 , p. 30.

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personal data
SURNAME Armbruster, Hubert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armbruster, Hubert F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, professor of administrative law
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden-Baden
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1995
Place of death Munich