Julius Federer
Julius Federer (born May 8, 1911 in Konstanz , † January 20, 1984 in Karlsruhe ) was a member of the Second from September 7, 1951 to August 31, 1967 due to his election by the Bundestag (and a re-election on July 1, 1959) Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court .
Federer studied law at the universities of Munich , Freiburg and Heidelberg . In 1929 he became a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Aenania Munich . After his legal clerkship , he worked briefly as a court assessor , but then left the judicial service for reasons of ideology. Instead, he was active in the Archbishop's Board of Trustees in Freiburg. Military service and imprisonment followed. In 1947 he returned to the judicial service, where he soon became a judge at what was then the Higher Regional Court in Freiburg im Breisgau . He was also a part-time judge at the Baden State Court and Administrative Court. With his appointment in 1951, Federer was one of the first judges of the Federal Constitutional Court.
He played a decisive role in the development of the Institute for Special Opinions in decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court.
His successor was the judge Fabian von Schlabrendorff . The robe that Federer wore as a constitutional judge can be viewed today in the House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Honors
- 1967: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
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- Das BVerfG, 2nd edition 1971, p. 218; Obituary by Ley, NJW 1984, 1343.
- Alexander Hollerbach, Julius Federer (1911-1984): Legal historian and constitutional judge , in: Gerhard Köbler (Ed.): Effects of European legal culture: Festschrift for Karl Kroeschell on the 70th birthday. Munich: Beck, 1997, pp. 377-393; as a special print from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg: [1]
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| SURNAME | Federer, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge at the Federal Constitutional Court (September 7, 1951– August 31, 1967) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 1984 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |