Moritz Liepmann

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Moritz Liepmann (born September 8, 1869 in Danzig ; † August 26, 1928 in Hamburg ) was a German legal scholar and the first criminology professor at the University of Hamburg .

Life

Coming from a banking family, Liepmann studied law in Kiel, Leipzig and Göttingen. He received his doctorate twice: in 1891 as Dr. iur. at the University of Jena with his thesis on "The Origin of the Concept of Guilt", 1896 as Dr. phil. with the dissertation "The State Theory of the Contrat social". He was one of the first participants in Franz von Liszt's seminar and , at his suggestion, completed his habilitation in 1897 at the University of Halle for legal philosophy , criminal law and criminal proceedings . In 1902 he was appointed professor at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In 1910 he became a full professor . He also taught at the Naval Academy and School (Kiel) .

Liepmann became known to a wide audience through his fight against the death penalty in his report for the 31st  German Lawyers' Conference in 1912. In 1919 he accepted a professorship for criminology at the newly founded University of Hamburg . From 1920 he held the post of assistant judge and district judge at the Hamburg district court . His work “The Reform of German Criminal Law” , published in 1921, and the 1928 report “Communist Trials”, which criticized the judiciary in the Weimar Republic , and which was directed against the Reich court rulings on high treason , established his reputation as a consistent advocate of Liszt's reform policy. As his pupils like Gustav Aschaffenburg , Hans Walter Gruhle , Berthold Freudenthal , Gustav Radbruch and Rudolf Sieverts , Moritz Liepmann was a sought-after criminal law politician.

Liepmann founded the seminar for criminal law and crime policy at the University of Hamburg. He published the Hamburgische Schriften on all criminal law studies , which ended with his death. He was a member of the board of the German national group of the International Criminological Association and co-founder of the working group for reform of the penal system , an interdisciplinary group of leading figures in this field.

Moritz Liepmann was a Protestant and a member of the German Democratic Party . His wife Helene was the daughter of the philologist and archaeologist Carl Robert .

Fonts

  • The origin of the concept of guilt. Jena 1891.
  • The state theory of the Contrat social . Hall 1896.
  • The Philosophy of Law of Jean Jacques Rousseau : A Contribution to the History of State Theories. Berlin 1898.
  • Introduction to criminal law. A critique of basic criminological terms. Berlin 1900.
  • The witness's negligent false judgment. Kiel 1907.
  • The insult. Berlin 1909.
  • The death penalty. An expert opinion. Reprint of the Berlin 1912 edition, Frankfurt am Main 1978.
  • The reform of the German criminal law. Hamburg 1921.
  • Communist trials. A legal opinion. Munich 1928.
  • War and crime in Germany. Stuttgart 1930.

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SURNAME Liepmann, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1928
Place of death Hamburg