Paul Bockelmann

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Paul Bockelmann (born December 7, 1908 in Hanover , † September 26, 1987 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German lawyer and university professor.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1927, Bockelmann first studied German at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin , but soon switched to law . In 1931 he passed his first state examination in law, and in 1936 his second. From 1932 he worked as a faculty assistant at the law faculty of the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, and from 1934 at the criminal department. In 1935 Bockelmann received his doctorate from Eduard Kohlrausch in Berlin with a paper on Hegel's emergency theory for Dr. iur. In 1938 he completed his habilitation , also in Berlin , with which Bockelmann acquired the venia legendi for the subjects of criminal law, criminal procedural law and criminology.

In the same year, Bockelmann became a substitute professor at the University of Tübingen . In 1940 he moved to Königsberg University as an associate professor , where he was appointed full professor in 1942. He later served as a chief magistrate in Hamburg until the end of the war , which is why he was briefly taken prisoner, but after successfully completing the denazification process, he was able to resume teaching at the University of Göttingen in 1945 . There he was appointed full professor in 1949, succeeding Eberhard Schmidt . In 1959, Bockelmann accepted a call from Heidelberg University to a chair in criminal law. In 1963 he changed to the chair for criminal law, criminal procedure law and criminology at the University of Munich , where he taught until his retirement in 1976 and for two years afterwards. In 1969, the medical faculty of the University of Munich awarded him an honorary doctorate in medicine for his services to criminal law .

In addition, Bockelmann was a member of the Great Criminal Law Commission and since 1971 a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Works and works (selection)

Bockelmann is considered one of the most important German teachers of criminal law of the 20th century. Above all, his extensive research and publications in specialist journals on medical criminal law and traffic criminal law are considered authoritative and Bockelmann in particular advanced to become the doyen of his time. Through his membership in the Grand Criminal Law Commission, he had a great influence on the reform of the penal code. His two-volume habilitation thesis on criminal law is considered a standard work.

  • Hegel's emergency theory . De Gruyter, Berlin 1935 (dissertation).
  • Studies on criminal law . De Gruyter, Berlin 1940 (habilitation thesis, two volumes).
  • About the relationship between perpetration and participation . KF Fleischer, Göttingen 1949.
  • The untraceability of MPs under German immunity law . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1951.
  • Criminal Investigations . Schwartz, Göttingen 1957.
  • Tasks and prospects of the university reform . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1962.
  • The problem of criminal punishment in German poetry . CF Müller, Karlsruhe 1967.
  • Doctor's criminal law . Thieme, Stuttgart 1968.
  • Comments on the reform of the penal system, at the same time a report on visits to some Western European penal institutions . CH Beck, Munich 1972.
  • Introduction to the Law . 2nd Edition. Piper, Munich 1975.
  • Criminal law, general part . 2nd Edition. CH Beck, Munich 1975.
  • Criminal law, special part / 1, property offenses . CH Beck, Munich 1976.
  • Criminal law, special part / 2, offenses against the person . CH Beck, Munich 1977.
  • Road traffic law . 19th edition. CH Beck, Munich 1980.

literature

Web links

  • Obituary for Paul Bockelmann by Arthur Kaufmann at the BAdW
personal data
SURNAME Bockelmann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1987
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen