Max Gerwig

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Max Carl Gerwig (born December 30, 1889 in Basel ; † May 10, 1965 there ) was a Swiss lawyer .

Life

Max Carl Gerwig (1889–1965) Dr. jur., university professor. Grave on the Wolfgottesacker, Basel
Grave on the Wolfgottesacker , Basel

Max Gerwig studied law at the Universities of Basel , Heidelberg and Leipzig . In 1919 he was a co-founder of the socialist weekly newspaper Der Aufbau . He worked as a judge, as governor at the civil court and as president of the appellate court of the canton of Basel-Stadt . He also taught at the University of Basel. Until 1938 he was president of the university's board of trustees. From 1945 to 1954 he was a full professor for private law and civil procedural law at the University of Basel. His main work is: Swiss Cooperative Law (1957).

The politician Andreas Gerwig (1928–2014) was his son.

Fonts

  • What should we do? A word to the active. Werner-Riehm printing press, Basel 1915.
  • Our position on the social civil war. In: New ways. Vol. 12 (1918), H. 12, pp. 587-620, doi: 10.5169 / seals-134359 .
  • The banks' duty to provide information to the debt collection office. In: Journal of Swiss Law. 53: 105-129 (1935).
  • Defamation against legal persons in Swiss criminal law. In: From the practice of Swiss courts and administrative authorities: Ceremony for the seventieth birthday of Fritz Goetzinger (= Basler studies on law. H. 10). Edited by the law faculty of the University of Basel and by the appellate court of the canton of Basel-Stadt. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1935, pp. 69–111.
  • The cooperative. In: Seven lectures on the new Code of Obligations. Organized by the Basel Chamber of Commerce . Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1937, pp. 149–192.
  • Democratic self-reflection. Lecture. Cooperative printing company gdz, Zurich 1938.
  • The seizure of shares in the cooperative. Assessment. Swiss Association for Housing, Zurich 1953.
  • Swiss cooperative law. Stämpfli, Bern 1957.
  • Natural Law and Historical School of Law: A Look into the Past and the Future. In: Ceremony for the Swiss Lawyers' Day. Edited by the Law Faculty of the University of Basel and the Basler Juristenverein. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1963, pp. 57–76.

literature

  • Gerwig, Max (Carl). In: Hermann Aellen (Hrsg.): Schweizerisches Zeitgenossen-Lexikon. First edition. Bern 1921, p. 245 ( online ).
  • Ceremony for the seventieth birthday of Max Gerwig (= Basler Studies in Law. H. 55). Edited by the Law Faculty of the University of Basel. Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1960.
  • Gerwig, Max. In: The German-language press: A biographical-bibliographical handbook. Saur, Munich 2005, p. 332 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Gerwig, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerwig, Max Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1965
Place of death Basel