Lisbeth Lass

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Lisbeth Lass as constitutional judge in a gown (2003)

Lisbeth Lass (born September 20, 1940 in Innsbruck as Lisbeth Kunst ) is an Austrian lawyer and former judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Austria .

Life

Lisbeth Lass is the daughter of the SPÖ politician Karl Kunst and the kindergarten teacher Fanny Kunst.

Lass attended the Bundesrealgymnasium and the Bundeshandelsschule in Innsbruck . She then worked as an office worker and accountant. In 1966 she passed the accountant examination and in 1972 the high school diploma . She studied law at the University of Innsbruck . In 1976 she became a Doctor of rights (Dr. iur.) Graduated . She was a trainee in her father's office and worked at various courts in Innsbruck. In 1982 she became a registered freelance lawyer and worked as a criminal defense attorney.

At the end of 1992, the National Councilor put Lisbeth Lass first in a three-way proposal for filling a substitute member position at the Constitutional Court at the suggestion of the SPÖ, whereupon Federal President Thomas Klestil made her the first woman to be a substitute member of the VfGH on February 17, 1993. After Karl Piska succeeded the previous Vice President Kurt Ringhofer after his resignation from the Constitutional Court at the end of 1993 , the National Council had to draw up a proposal for a replacement for a member of the Constitutional Court. Lisbeth Lass was ranked third behind Eva-Elisabeth Szymanski and Theo Öhlinger on this three-way proposal . Until then, the Federal President , who appoints the members and substitute members of the Constitutional Court on this proposal, had always followed the order of the National Council. Federal President Klestil decided to ignore the order of proposals and appointed Lisbeth Lass as a full member of the Constitutional Court on March 7, 1994. In response to this, the National Council abolished the Federal President's authority in 1994 through a constitutional amendment and replaced the three-party proposals that had previously been made by the National and Federal Councils with one-person proposals.

Lisbeth Lass was the first woman in the history of Austrian constitutional jurisdiction to exercise both the position of a substitute member and a member of the Constitutional Court. Upon reaching the age limit of 70, Lisbeth Lass resigned from the judge's office on December 31, 2010.

Awards

literature

  • Kurt Heller : The Constitutional Court. The development of constitutional jurisdiction in Austria from the beginning to the present . Verlag Österreich , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7046-5495-3 , chapter short biographies of the members and substitute members of the Constitutional Court 1945-2010 , p. 640 .

Web links

Commons : Lisbeth Lass  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ APA-OTS broadcast of the parliamentary press service on December 19, 1992
  2. ^ Georg Friesenbichler: Erdberger in the Hofburg. Dr. Thomas Klestil 1932-2004. In: Wiener Zeitung . July 8, 2004, accessed September 25, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Kurt Heller : The Constitutional Court. The development of constitutional jurisdiction in Austria from the beginning to the present . Verlag Österreich , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7046-5495-3 , chapter The Federal Constitutional Law BGBl 1994/1013 , p. 420 .
  4. ↑ According to Art. 147 Para. 6 B-VG , the members of the Constitutional Court must resign from office no later than December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 70.
  5. ^ Saskia Jungnickl: 29 applications for two top judges . In: The Standard . November 2, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Leave it, Lisbeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian constitutional judge
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck