Karl Lorenz (judge)
Karl Hermann Otto Lorenz (born January 11, 1868 in Berlin , † January 16, 1931 in Leipzig ) was President of the Senate at the Imperial Court .
Life
The Prussian Lorenz studied law at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . In 1885 he became a member of the Corps Baltia Berlin . In 1889 he was sworn in to the Prussian sovereign. In 1900 he became a magistrate. In 1905 he was appointed district judge. In 1908 he was promoted to the chamber judge . In 1917 he came to the Imperial Court. As a Reich judge he was active in the 4th Criminal Senate and the 5th Civil Senate . Since January 5, 1925 he was a judge at the State Court for the Protection of the Republic . On February 9, 1928, he succeeded Niedner as Senate President of the IV Criminal Senate. His much-criticized high treason case law he continued. Lorenz died in office.
literature
- Ingo J. Hueck: “The State Court for the Protection of the Republic”, Contributions to the Legal History of the 20th Century Volume 16. Tübingen 1996, p. 123.
- Adolf Lobe : “Fifty Years of the Reich Court on October 1, 1929”, Berlin 1929, p. 348.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Willmann (Ed.): Directory of the old Rudolstädter Corps students. (AH. List of the RSC.) , 1928 edition, No. 2854
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| SURNAME | Lorenz, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lorenz, Karl Hermann Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Senate President at the Reichsgericht |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1931 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |