Klaus Tiedemann

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Klaus Martin Tiedemann (born April 1, 1938 in Unna ; † July 22, 2018 ) was a German legal scholar with a focus on white-collar crime .

Life

After graduating from high school at Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Unna, Klaus Tiedemann studied law in Göttingen, Freiburg and Münster from 1957 to 1961 and comparative criminal law at the University of Paris from 1961 to 1962. In 1961 he passed his first state examination in law at the Hamm Higher Regional Court; In 1966 he took his second state examination in law at the Stuttgart Ministry of Justice. He received his doctorate in law in 1962 at the University of Münster with a dissertation on the legal status of prisoners under German and foreign constitutional law . In 1968 Tiedemann completed his habilitation at the University of Tübingen with the text “Offense functions in ancillary criminal law” and received the venia legendi for criminal law, criminal procedure law, penal execution and comparative criminal law. In 1968 he was offered the chair for criminal law at the University of Giessen. In 1972/73 further appointments to criminal law professorships at the universities of Mainz, Kiel, Göttingen and Freiburg followed, and later more to Tübingen.

From 1973 until his retirement, Tiedemann held the chair for criminal law, criminal procedural law and criminology at the University of Freiburg. He was also director of the Institute for Criminology and White Collar Criminal Law. From 1981 to 1992 he was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Freiburg. He held other visiting and adjunct professorships at several universities.

His research area was mainly in white collar crime , in particular antitrust, bankruptcy and environmental criminal law as well as tax and subsidy crime and criminal law of commercial companies. Later the focus on European criminal law followed. Among other things, he was co-editor of the journal for the entire criminal law science . He has been awarded honorary doctorates by several international universities . In 1995 he received the Max Planck Research Award . He was a founding member of the European University Paris.

Tiedemann was married and had two children.

honors and awards

  • 1981: Honorary professor at the University del Rosario in Bogotá (Colombia)
  • 1983: Doctor honoris causa from the University of San Martín in Lima (Peru)
  • 1983: Associate Professor at the University del Externado in Bogotá (Colombia)
  • 1987: Honorary Member of the Japanese Criminal Law Teachers Association
  • 1989: Doctor juris honoris causa from the University of Friborg (Switzerland)
  • 1990: Humboldt Research Prize from the Spanish Ministry of Science
  • 1992: Doctor juris honoris causa from the Autónoma de Madrid University
  • 1995: Max Planck Research Prize for international cooperation
  • 1996: Doctor juris honoris causa from Jaume I University ( Valencian Community )
  • 1999: Doctor honoris causa of the Universidad Peruana Los Andes (Huancayo)
  • 2003: Doctor honoris causa from the State University of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO
  • 2004: Doctor honoris causa from the University of Antenor Orrego in Trujillo (Peru)
  • 2004: Honorary Professor at the University of San Marcos (Lima)
  • 2012: Doctor honoris causa from the University of San Marcos (Lima)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Klaus Tiedemann. In: Badische Zeitung . Retrieved July 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Tiedemann, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tiedemann, Klaus Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Unna , Germany
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2018