Peter Arens (lawyer)

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Peter Arens (born August 10, 1933 in Magdeburg , † February 16, 1991 ) was a German law scholar and professor at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .

Life

After graduating from the Lessing-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main , Arens began studying law at the University of Frankfurt am Main in 1953 . He finished this in 1957 with the first state examination in law. The following year, 1958, he completed his doctorate with Gerhard Schiedermair. iur. from. After the subsequent legal traineeship in Hesse and the second state examination in 1961, Arens worked as Schiedermair's research assistant until he completed his habilitation in 1967. With his habilitation, Arens received the venia legendi for the subjects civil law and civil procedural law. From 1967 until his untimely death in 1991, he succeeded Fritz von Hippel as the holder of the chair for civil law, civil procedural law, legal philosophy and international private law at the University of Freiburg . In Freiburg, Arens was a co-founder of the Institute for German and Foreign Civil Procedure Law and temporarily dean of the law faculty. 1988, he was from the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto , the honorary doctorate awarded.

Works (selection)

Arens' main research interests were primarily civil procedural law. This is evidenced by his dissertation as well as his habilitation thesis as well as his textbook published on this subject by Wolfgang Lüke .

  • Subject matter of dispute and legal force in stock corporation law avoidance proceedings . Gieseking, Bielefeld 1960 (dissertation).
  • Lack of will in party acts in civil proceedings . Gehlen, Bad Homburg 1968 (habilitation thesis).
  • Oral principle and acceleration of the civil process . Schweitzer, Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-8059-0176-3 .
  • Notice of hearing and counter-presentation . Sakkoulas, Athens 1987.
  • Civil procedural law . 4th edition. CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-08739-6 (currently in the 10th edition continued by Wolfgang Lüke ).

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personal data
SURNAME Arens, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1991