Karl Ferdinand Theodor Hepp

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Karl Ferdinand Theodor Hepp (also Carl ; * December 10, 1800 in Altona ; † March 3, 1851 in Tübingen ) was a German law scholar and university professor .

Life

Hepp came from a merchant family . After he had initially received private lessons, he went to the Altona high school in 1812 . There he could not fully express his talent and not receive the necessary support. Therefore, in 1817, at his own request, he first switched to the Johanneum , then to the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg . From Easter 1820 he studied at the universities of Heidelberg , Berlin and Göttingen . In the end, there was a time at his home university in Kiel , which he mainly used to prepare for the exam due to his lack of enthusiasm for this university. The exam finally took place in 1824 and was not very happy for him. It only received a medium rating, with the examination chairman subsequently calling the rating unfair. In 1833 he tried to get a professorship for Hepp in Kiel.

As a result, Hepp turned away from his homeland and wrote a dissertation . This dissertation, he was on 26 November 1825 the University of Jena in the absence of a doctorate . He advanced his academic career very quickly and completed his habilitation a few weeks later, on January 8, 1826, at the University of Heidelberg. There he then taught as a private lecturer . His appointment as associate professor failed twice due to the university's poor financial situation.

Hepp took in 1832 a reputation as a full professor of criminal and Roman law at the University of Bern on. At the same time, he was appointed public prosecutor in Bern and entrusted with the so-called Bern reaction process. For his achievements in this process he was awarded a gold medal of honor by the local government. He subsequently worked on the process extensively in terms of writing.

At the end of 1833, Hepp was appointed full professor at the University of Tübingen . A dream he had cherished for a long time is said to have come true. In addition to his expertise and research, there were two legislative processes during his time in Tübingen, which he accompanied intensively. In 1839 the Criminal Code for Württemberg was enacted, for which he also wrote an extensive commentary , and in 1843 the Criminal Procedure Code of the Kingdom of Württemberg . From 1845 he was also co-editor of the archive for criminal law .

He died of a spinal cord disease in Tübingen in 1851 .

Publications (selection)

  • Contributions to the doctrine of high treason according to common and Bernese criminal law: in six essays , Dalp, Bern 1833.
  • On the current status of the dispute over the admissibility of the death penalty , Eifert, Tübingen 1835.
  • The theory of the attribution and of the mitigating grounds for punishment according to the newer legislations and the common rights , Winter, Heidelberg 1836.
  • Commentary on the new Württemberg penal code , 2 volumes, Osiander, Tübingen 1839–1842.
  • Prosecution, publicity and orality of criminal proceedings , Osiander, Tübingen 1842.
  • Presentation and assessment of the German criminal law systems: a contribution to the history of philosophy and the science of criminal law , Mohr, Heidelberg, 2nd revised and expanded edition 1843–1845.
    • Volume 1: The Retribution or Justice Systems , 1843.
    • Volume 2, Part 1: The relative systems: the contract and deterrent theories , 1844.
    • Volume 2, 2nd part: The relative systems: the prevention, reform, relative coalition, and legal systems , 1845.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The order of the first names varies (see also Scheyhing 1977, p. 19).
personal data
SURNAME Hepp, Karl Ferdinand Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hepp, Carl Ferdinand Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1851
Place of death Tübingen