Karl Firsching
Karl Firsching (born January 15, 1915 in Speyer ; † March 19, 1989 ) was a German lawyer, university professor and legal specialist author. He founded several standard works in the area of inheritance and inheritance law.
Life
Karl Firsching was born on January 15, 1915 in Speyer. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich from 1934 to 1937 . After taking the Second State Examination in Law in 1941, Firsching began working as a court assessor shortly thereafter. His appointment to the District Court Councilor at the District Court of Munich took place in 1944. After the end of the war, Firsching initially devoted himself to law. In 1946 he received his doctorate at Munich University under Claudius Freiherr von Schwerin on the subject of symbols and symbols in German wisdom . In 1956 a Fulbright scholarship took him to the universities of Chicago and Harvard in the USA , where he also met Max Rheinstein and Albert Armin Ehrenzweig . In 1957 Firsching was taken back into the Bavarian judicial service and worked again as a judge at the Munich District Court. His habilitation took place in 1963 at the University of Munich with Eugen Ulmer with the writing German-American inheritance: The importance of qualification and the. Alignment, adaptation and the. Reinterpretation of their legal treatment . In the same year, Firsching moved to the Munich Higher Regional Court and was appointed to the Higher Regional Court Counselor. In 1966 there was another change to teaching, Firsching followed a call to the newly founded University of Regensburg , which began teaching in 1967. There he received a chair for civil law. Since Firsching's reputation was now very much appreciated, the Bavarian judiciary did not want to forego its judicial activity and changed the Bavarian Judges Act in 1970, according to which full-time university lecturers could now also work as judges at the Bavarian Supreme Court . Thus, with effect from February 16, 1970, he was appointed judge at the Bavarian Supreme Court. Firsching held this position parallel to his teaching until he retired in 1980. He shaped the case law of the Bavarian Supreme Court on international family and inheritance law. He continued his teaching until his retirement in the winter semester 1982/83. Even after the end of his professional activity, Firsching remained active as the author of decision reviews, legal articles and specialist books.
Scientific work
Karl Firsching's name is inextricably linked with several standard works on international inheritance law, inheritance law and guardianship law. Together with Murad Ferid , he founded the collection of sources on international inheritance law in 1955. This work, published as a loose-leaf collection, now comprises nine volumes and is unrivaled in German-language legal literature. Furthermore, Firsching founded two well-known handbooks of the district court practice, which now appear as handbooks of legal practice. In 1953 the manuals on inheritance law and guardianship law were published for the first time. In later years he devoted himself mainly to international private law, as a result of which he founded the journal Praxis des Internationale Privat- und procedural law (IPRax) in 1981 with some colleagues, including Dieter Henrich , and edited it until his death. Until his retirement, Firsching also acted as her editor. Firsching has been involved in another standard work since his time as magistrate. He commented in the 10./11. Edition of the BGB-Großkommentar Staudinger the sections establishment and cancellation of a will (§§ 2229-2264) and certificate of inheritance (§§ 2353-2385) of the fifth book of the BGB on inheritance law, which appeared in 1960. In 1978 the supplementary volume on international law of obligations was added. In the 12th edition of Staudinger, he again edited §§ 2229-2264 and the supplementary volumes on international inheritance law and international law of obligations.
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- Obituary in IPRax 1989 p. 133
- Obituary in the FamRZ 1989 p. 466
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Firsching, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge, university professor and textbook author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1989 |