Richard Potz

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Richard Potz (born October 13, 1943 in Vienna ) is an Austrian legal scholar. He is the head of the Institute for Legal Philosophy, Religious and Cultural Law at the University of Vienna .

Life

Potz studied law at the University of Vienna from 1961–1965, and was awarded a doctorate in 1965. iur. obtained his doctorate and habilitation in 1972 for canon law at the law faculty of his alma mater . Since 1978 Potz has been a board member of the Austrian Society for Church Law and the responsible editor and co-editor of the Austrian Archives for Law and Religion.

Positions

Potz has repeatedly spoken out against the legal preference given to religious over non-religious world views . This distinction in Austrian law is “simply not justified” and should be “repaired”. Potz pointed out that although only textbooks and teaching aids that do not contradict civic education may be used, this is a "norm without sanctions".

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • with Heinz Krejci, Peter Pieler, Bernhard Raschauer: Ius in Vienna. Manz, Vienna 1999, 2nd edition 2004, 3rd edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-214-08910-8 , reading sample (PDF, 2 MB) (information about law studies in Vienna)
  • with Brigitte Schinkele: An overview of religious law. 2nd, revised edition, Facultas, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85114-809-6 (first edition 2003)
  • with Karl Korinek, Armin Bammer, Wolfgang Wieshaider: An overview of cultural law. Facultas, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85114-808-8
  • with Eva Maria Synek: Orthodox canon law. An introduction. 2nd, updated and expanded edition, Plöchl, Freistadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-901479-92-2 (first edition 2007)
  • Islamic law and European law transfer. Online publication on European History Online , Mainz 2011
  • as edited by Nedžad Grabus, Bernhard Stillfried, Izeta Džidić (translator): Smail Balić . Pioneer of a European Islam (= law and religion in Central and Eastern Europe. Special Volume 2). Facultas, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7089-0169-5 (files from the international symposium "Smail Balic as a thought leader of European Islam" in Sarajevo, November 2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Noodle sieve photo" not approved for religious reasons. In: religion.orf.at. July 13, 2011, accessed November 24, 2017 .
  2. ↑ AAS 102 (2010), n.12, p. 946.
personal data
SURNAME Potz, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna