Manfred Wolf (legal scholar)

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Manfred Wolf (born January 5, 1939 in Ulm ; † June 1, 2007 in Nashville ) was a German legal scholar .

Live and act

After studying in Tübingen and Munich , Manfred Wolf passed the first state examination in law in 1962 in Tübingen . In 1965 he received his doctorate from Ludwig Raiser with a thesis on total rights in rem . In 1966 he passed the second state examination. In 1970 he qualified as a professor at Fritz Baur with a thesis on legal freedom of choice and contractual reconciliation of interests . This work marked the beginning of a series of publications on freedom of contract.

After substituting professorships at the universities in Berlin and Frankfurt , Manfred Wolf was appointed full professor for civil law , civil procedural law and labor law in 1972 until his retirement in 2004. In addition to his professorship, Wolf worked as a judge at the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court from 1977–1999 held lectures as a visiting professor at Kobe University . After his retirement, Wolf worked as a lawyer in Frankfurt am Main.

Wolf's main focus was on the general part of the BGB as well as the general law of obligations and property law . Examples of this are his many years of commenting on the Soergel and his very successful textbook on property law.

Academic students of Wolf are Thomas Pfeiffer , Jochen Marly and Jens Damann.

Fonts

  • The universal rights in rem , 1965 (dissertation).
  • Legal freedom of choice and contractual balance of interests , 1970 (habilitation thesis).
  • with Volker Beuthien / Walther Hadding / Alexander Lüderitz / Dieter Medicus : Study Commentary on the BGB , 1975, 2nd edition 1979.
  • Property Law , 1976, 18th edition 2002.
  • General principles of the right of termination and protection against dismissal. 1981, 3rd edition 1989.
  • with Karl Larenz : General part of German civil law. 1989, 8th edition 1997, 9th edition 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ memorial for Manfred Wolf ( memento of the original from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Retrieved November 27, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.beck-shop.de
  2. ↑ Beck authors' directory - accessed on November 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Obituary by Wolfgang Grunsky , in: Juristenteitung (JZ) 2007, p. 1145.
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2007
Place of death Nashville