Paul Felix Aschrott

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Paul Felix Aschrott (born May 13, 1856 in Kassel , † October 31, 1927 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer , criminal law and social reformer . He was one of the most influential welfare theorists of his time.

Life

The son of the wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer and banker Sigmund Aschrott (1826–1915) began to study law in Leipzig in 1874 after graduating from high school in Kassel . From 1874 to 1876 he studied in Heidelberg and from 1876 to 1877 in Berlin . In 1877 he received his doctorate in Leipzig. He then completed his legal clerkship and, from 1883, his time as an assessor at the district courts of Köpenick and Berlin.

Aschrott got involved early on in social and criminal law reform. He made a trip to England in 1884/85 and reported, among other things, on poor legislation and poor management, labor issues, legal training and prison systems in England. In 1886 he obtained his doctorate in Leipzig. phil. In 1887 he became a district judge in Landsberg an der Warthe . In 1888 he went on another study trip, this time to the USA . His further career as a judge led him to Berlin in 1889, first as a district judge and in 1891 as an assistant judge at the Berlin Regional Court ; In 1892 he became district judge and in 1899 district judge in Berlin, in 1903 district court director in Elberfeld . During this time he continued to publish on socio-political and criminal law topics such as the treatment of juvenile delinquency , welfare education for minors , the public library - and housing. He also participated in the criminal process reform commissions .

In 1905 Aschrott, who had considerable private wealth, was released from civil service at his own request. From then on he lived as a private scholar and property manager. He remained loyal to his areas of interest and published The Reform of the Reich Criminal Code with Franz von Liszt in 1910 and The Reform of Criminal Law with Eduard Kohlrausch in 1926 .

Aschrott was a co-founder and board member of the International Criminological Association , from 1886 to 1911 a member of the main committee of the German Association for Poor Care and Charity , member of the supervisory board of the Association for the Improvement of Small Apartments , deputy chairman of the women's association " Octavia Hill " in Berlin, founder of a charity and the Marie von Boschsan-Aschrott retirement home in Kassel. He was a Privy Councilor of Justice , recipient of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 4th class and the Russian Order of St. Anne, 3rd class.

Fonts

  • Considerations on the movement of crime in Prussia during the years 1872 to 1881. sn], [Sl 1883.
  • The English poor system in its historical development and in its present form. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886.
  • University studies and in particular the training of lawyers in England. In addition to an appendix, proposals for reforming legal education in Germany. IF Richter, Hamburg 1887.
  • The penal system and prison system in England. , Berlin;, Leipzig 1887.
  • To reform the German penal and prison system. Guttentag, Berlin 1887.
  • The English Poor Law System, past and present… Translated by H. Preston-Thomas. With a preface by H. Sidgwick. London, pp. xviii. 332. Knight & Co 1888.
  • The American Railways and the New Railroad Act in the United States of North America. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889.
  • The American trusts as the training of business associations. H. Laupp'sche Buchhandlung, Tübingen 1889.
  • Replacement of short term imprisonment. A criminal policy study. , Hamburg 1889.
  • From the penal and prison system of North America. Lüderitz [u. a.], Berlin 1889.
  • Poverty and its relief in the United States of America. Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., Printers, Baltimore, Md. 1890.
  • The treatment of neglected and criminal youth and proposals for reform v. P [aul] F [elix] Aschrott, district judge in Berlin. O. Liebmann, Berlin 1892.
  • The reform of the criminal procedure and the current draft law. Liebmann, Berlin 1895.
  • Commission to examine the question of the manner in which the provisions by virtue of which the receipt of public relief for the poor entails the loss of the right to vote are administered. , OO 1896.
  • Political Correspondence. Conditional condemnation and conditional pardon. , Berlin 1896.
  • Penal and prison systems in England over the past decade. Guttentag, Berlin 1896.
  • People's library and people's reading hall a municipal event! . Liebmann, Berlin 1896.
  • & Willi Cuno et al .: Caring for poor schoolchildren through feeding. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896.
  • Care for ex-prisoners in England… . Max Hahn & comp., Mannheim 1898.
  • The forced upbringing of minors and the currently available Prussian draft law. J. Guttentag, Berlin 1900.
  • Law on the welfare education of minors of July 2, 1900 together with d. Implementing provisions. J. Guttentag, Berlin 1901.
  • (Ed.): Reform of the criminal process. Critical discussion of the Commission's proposals for reforming the criminal process. Guttentag, Berlin 1906.
  • The draft of a code of criminal procedure and amendment to the Courts Constitution Act. Guttentag, Berlin 1908.
  • Punish. Safeguarding measures. Damages. J. Guttentag, Berlin 1910.
  • & Franz von Liszt: The Reform of the Reich Criminal Code. Critical discussion of the preliminary draft for a penal code for the German Reich, taking into account the Austrian and Swiss preliminary draft. With the assistance of Professor Dr. L. v. Bar ... . J. Guttentag, Berlin 1910.
  • The protective supervision in a new German criminal law. Guttentag, Berlin 1912.
  • 25 years of non-profit activity for small apartments. For the 25th anniversary of the Association for the Improvement of Small Apartments in Berlin. , Berlin 1913.
  • Reform of the criminal law. Critical discussion of the official draft of a general German criminal code. De Gruyter, Berlin [a. a.] 1926.

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SURNAME Aschrott, Paul Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and social reformer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1927
Place of death Berlin