Michael Hettinger

Michael Hettinger (born July 13, 1948 in Speyer ) is a German legal scholar and holder of the chair for criminal law , criminal procedural law and criminal law history at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Life

Hettinger studied at the University of Heidelberg and did his habilitation there with the topic: The "actio Libera in Causa": A historical-dogmatic investigation by Wilfried Küper . After working as a lawyer and professor at the University of Würzburg , he is now professor of criminal law, criminal procedure law and criminal law history at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His research focuses on criminal law dogmatics, sentencing law, legislative methodology, the history of criminal law and criminal procedure law, as well as criminal policy. Among other things, he is co-editor of the Goltdammer's Archive for Criminal Law and the current author of the standard work "Criminal Law Special Part / 1: Crimes against personal and community values" founded by Johannes Wessels . Hettinger is married, lives near Bad Kreuznach and has two children.

Independent writings (selection)

• Criminal law special part / 1: Offenses against personality and community values, 37th edition, Heidelberg 2013 (adapted by Johannes Wessels ).
• The double exploitation requirement in circumstances that create penalties, Heidelberg 1981.
• The defense's right to ask questions in the reformed inquisition process, presented in the Baden criminal procedure law of 1845/51 in comparison with other particular laws, Berlin 1985.
• The “ actio libera in causa ”: A historical-dogmatic investigation, Heidelberg 1986/1987.
• Current developments in criminal law and criminal procedure law: An attempt at a critical inventory, Heidelberg 1997.
• Reform of sanctions law (Ed.): 4 vol., Baden-Baden 2001/2002.
• Festschrift for Wilfried Küper on the occasion of his 70th birthday (publisher), Heidelberg 2007.

Articles (selection)

• The evaluation of the “ aberratio ictus ” in single perpetrators, in: Goltdammer's Archive for Criminal Law (GA) 1990, p. 531 ff.
• On the systematisation of criminal law norms , in: JuS 1997 L 33 ff. / L 41 ff.
• The so-called dolus generalis : special case of an “error about the causal process” ?, in: FS- Spendel , 237 ff.
• The central importance of the principle of certainty (Art. 103 II GG), in: JuS 1997 L 25 ff.
• On the concept of less serious cases - a contribution to their genesis, in: 140 Years of Goltdammer's Archive for Criminal Law (edited by Jürgen Wolter ), 77 ff.

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Hettinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Michael Hettinger (University of Mainz)