Justus W. Hedemann

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Justus Wilhelm Hedemann (born April 24, 1878 in Brieg ; † March 13, 1963 in Berlin ) was a conservative German lawyer who rejected the democratic system of Weimar and was strongly committed to National Socialism.

Life

Hedemann had since 1909 High Court Judge in Jena and professor at the local university . In 1917 he founded the Institute for Business Law in Jena and became its director.

Hedemann was strongly committed to the new system during the Nazi era . This earned him the professorship at the law faculty of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin as the highlight of his scientific career. From 1936 he taught civil law, commercial law and history of private law as director of the newly founded Institute for Commercial Law.

At the end of 1933 he became a member of a working group at the Academy for German Law founded by Hans Frank , which wanted to create new Nazi law. In 1939 Frank appointed him chairman. The five volumes of the Civil Code should be revised and codified in a new People's Code. In this preparatory group, Hedemann was also the chairman of the committee for the law of persons, associations and obligations.

In 1942 Hedemann was listed as a member of the advisory board of the Society for European Economic Planning and Greater Economy , which planned German rule over Europe after the expected victory.

Hedemann retired in 1946 .

Fonts (selection)

  • Introduction to law , 1st edition Berlin / Leipzig 1919, 2nd edition 1927.
  • The progress of civil law in the XIX. Century , 1st part, Berlin 1910, 2nd part, 1st volume. Berlin 1930, 2nd edition. Berlin 1935.
  • The escape into the general clauses: a danger to law and state . Mohr, Tübingen 1933.
  • German commercial law. A floor plan. Junker and Dünnhaupt , Berlin 1939.
  • with Roland Freisler : German common law in the making. von Decker, Berlin 1940.
  • with Roland Freisler (ed.): Struggle for a German people's law: Richard Deinhardt on his 75th birthday. von Decker, Berlin 1940.
  • The People's Code of the Germans. A report. Beck, Munich 1941 (reports from the Academy for German Law , special issue).
  • People's Code. Basic rules and book. 1. Design & Explanations. Presented by Justus Wilhelm Hedemann, Heinrich Lehmann , Wolfgang Siebert . Beck, Munich 1942 (reports from the Academy for German Law, No. 22).
  • The People's Code as the foundation of large German legal life. Spaeth & Linde, Berlin and Vienna 1942.

literature

  • Hans Hattenhauer: The NS People's Code . In Festschrift for Rudolf Gmür - For his 70th birthday . Ed., Arno Buschmann u. a., Bielefeld 1983, ISBN 3-7694-0615-X .
  • Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. 2nd updated edition. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 236.
  • Anna-Maria Countess von Lösch: The naked ghost. Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 1999, ISBN 3-16-147245-4 .
  • Heinz Mohnhaupt: Justus Wilhelm Hedemann as a legal historian and civil lawyer before and during the era of National Socialism , in: Michael Stolleis , Dieter Simon , Ed .: Legal history in National Socialism: Contributions to a discipline . Tübingen 1989, pp. 107-159.
  • Werner Ogris:  Hedemann, Justus Wilhelm Erdmann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 187 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Christine Wegerich: The escape into boundlessness. Justus Wilhelm Hedemann (1878–1963). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-16-148416-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hedemann, Justus W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hedemann, Justus Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Brieg
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1963
Place of death Berlin