Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel

Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel (born August 2, 1936 in Engers ) is a German lawyer emeritus . His core areas are international business law , international dispute resolution, and air and space law .

Life

Böckstiegel studied in Heidelberg, Hamburg, Bonn, Cologne, Boston, Geneva, The Hague and Paris. He received his doctorate in 1962 with a thesis on The General Principles of International Law on Deprivation of Property: An Inquiry into Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights . After completing his law degree, Böckstiegel worked as a partner in a business advisory law firm in Düsseldorf . In 1971 he completed his habilitation at the University of Cologne on The State as a contractual partner of foreign private companies with Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern . Böckstiegel then became a permanent scientist and professor at the Institute for International and Foreign Public Law at the University of Cologne.

Between 1975 and 2001, Böckstiegel headed the Cologne Institute for Air and Space Law , the leading institute in the German-speaking area, as the successor to the institute's founder, Alex Meyer . At the same time, he held the chair for international law, European law, European and international business law. Böckstiegel has also made a name for himself through national and international arbitration proceedings. From 1984 to 1988 he was President of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague. Böckstiegel has been retired since 2001.

Memberships

Böckstiegel is a member of the Technical Committee of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) and Honorary Director of the International Institute of Space Law.

1977–2001 chairman of both German specialist committees for air and space law.

1979–2001 chairman of the working group on aviation law of the International Chamber of Commerce .

1985–2001 Chairman of the Space Law Committee of the International Law Association (ILA).

1990–1994 chairman of the advisory board of the German Space Agency (DARA) .

1995–1999 Chairman of the Intelsat Legal Committee.

1996–2012 Chairman of the German Institution for Arbitration (DIS) , in 2012 he was appointed Honorary Chairman of the DIS.

Honors

In 2011 the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) started a bi-annual Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel Lecture .

Works (selection)

Individual publications

with Werner Veith: The protection of foreign assets in international law. Studies on European business law. Issue 4. Lutzeyer, Baden-Baden 1962.
The general principles of international law on deprivation of property. New Cologne jurisprudential treatises. Issue 27. De Gruyter, Berlin 1963.
The state as a contractual partner of foreign private companies. International Law and International Business Law Volume 1. Athenaeum, Frankfurt / Main 1971.
The penetration of the state. Theses on the functional identification of government action. Athenaeum, Frankfurt / Main 1972.
with Ottoarndt Glossner: International arbitration in East-West trade. Nomos, Baden-Baden 1975.
Contract drafting and dispute resolution in the construction industry and in plant engineering. Heymanns, Cologne undated

Editorships

From 1975 to 2001 Böckstiegel was editor of the series of international business law , the magazine for air and space law , the series of papers on air and space law and co-editor of the series of the German Institution for Arbitration.

Web links

literature

Horst Bittlinger, Marietta Benkö: Institute of Air and Space Law. University of Cologne. 1925-2005. Eleven International Publishing, Utrecht 2005. ISBN 90-77596-09-7 , pp. 22-31, PDF digitized
Robert Briner, L. Yves Fortier et al .: Law of International Business and Dispute Settlement in the 21st Century. International Business Law and Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century. Liber Amicorum Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel. Heymanns, Cologne 2001. pp. V – VI.

personal data
SURNAME	Böckstiegel, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Narrower