Martin Schermaier

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Martin Josef Schermaier (born April 2, 1963 in Attnang-Puchheim , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian legal scholar and legal historian .

Life

Schermaier studied law as well as political and communication sciences at the University of Salzburg from 1981 to 1987 . He received his doctorate in 1991 and qualified as a professor in 1995. His doctorate was awarded the Premio romanistico internazionale Gérard Boulvert , Napoli 1993 (for the best first scientific work in the field of ancient legal history) and the gold medal of the University of Naples Federico II .

He initially worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Roman Law (Salzburg) with Professors Waldstein and Mayer-Maly (1987–1995). This was followed by a stay as a Humboldt fellow at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with Rolf Knütel (1993/1994) as well as a teaching position at the University of Regensburg (SS 1996) before he was appointed associate professor at the University of Salzburg (1997) has been.

He then moved to the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster as a deputy chair for Berthold Kupisch (1932–2015) , chair of Roman and civil law (SS 1997 – SS 1998). In 1998 he was appointed to this chair as a full university professor. At this university he was director of the Institute for Legal History and managing director of the Center for European Private Law (CEP). He declined calls to Erlangen (1998) and Heidelberg (2002). But not the call to the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, where he took over the chair from Rolf Knütel and has been teaching Roman and civil law since the winter semester 2005/2006.

Martin Schermaier was elected a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2007.

His first habilitation student was the Heidelberg legal historian Christian Hattenhauer .

Works

Schermaier's works are particularly dedicated to the historical analysis of dogma, based on Roman law. His publications include:

  • Materia. Contributions to the question of natural philosophy in classical Roman law (= research on Roman law. Volume 38). Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1992.
  • The determination of the essential error from the glossators to the BGB (= research on the modern history of private law. Volume 29). Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2000.
  • Wolfgang Kunkel , Martin Schermaier: Roman legal history. 14th edition. UTB, Cologne / Vienna 2005.
  • D. 41,1,24 and 26 pr. An attempt at the processing theory of Paul. In: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History . Romance Department, Vol. 105, 1988, pp. 436-487.
  • Ulpian as a "true philosopher". Notes on the self-image of a Roman lawyer. In: Ars boni et aequi. Festschrift for Wolfgang Waldstein on his 65th birthday. Stuttgart 1993, pp. 303-322.
  • The circumvention of the right of first refusal through "purchase-like contracts". In: Archives for civilist practice . Vol. 196, 1996, pp. 256-275.

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personal data
SURNAME Schermaier, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schermaier, Martin Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian legal scholar and legal historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Attnang-Puchheim , Upper Austria