Rudolf Düll

Rudolf Düll (born August 28, 1887 in Würzburg , † November 13, 1979 in Munich ) was a German lawyer .

life and work

Rudolf Düll was the son of the law enforcement officer Luitpold Düll, who ran a penal institution in Rebdorf near Eichstätt , and Berta geb. White. Rudolf Düll grew up in Eichstätt and attended grammar school there. After graduating, he studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , passed the second state examination in law in 1913 and was awarded a doctorate in 1914 with a dissertation supervised by Leopold Wenger . iur. PhD .

After the publication of his doctoral thesis (1915) Düll worked in the agricultural administration. In 1927 he was admitted to the bar. Düll never lost contact with science. He continued to take part in Leopold Wenger's legal seminar and finally completed his habilitation in 1930 in Munich for the subjects of Roman law , civil law and civil procedural law . He gave up his legal practice in 1932 in order to devote himself entirely to academic teaching and research. During the National Socialist era , Düll's career was hindered several times for political reasons. A call to Rostock University in 1939 was prevented by the intervention of the NSDAP . In 1942 appointment negotiations with the Karl Ferdinand University in Prague came to a conclusion, but Düll's appointment was again rejected by the party. Düll only received the title of “extraordinary professor” after lengthy negotiations (1937–1943).

After the end of the Second World War , Düll turned down an offer at the University of Würzburg , but in the course of the reparation policy, he fought for the classification as professor emeritus due to the fraudulent appointment to Prague. He continued to live in Munich and was involved in numerous charitable organizations. Above all, he participated in the re-establishment of the German Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband in Bavaria and served as its first chairman from 1948 to 1963. After his departure, he was made honorary chairman.

From 1916 to 1964 Rudolf Düll was married to his cousin Hedwig Düll.

Rudolf Düll's main research areas were civil law , civil procedural law and ancient legal history. His best-known writing is the annotated bilingual translation of the Twelve Tables Act , which was published in seven editions by four publishers by 1995.

literature

• Dieter Nörr : In memoriam Rudolf Düll † (1887–1979) . In: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History. Romance Department . Volume 97 (1980), pp. 543-552 (with list of publications)

Web links

• Literature by and about Rudolf Düll in the catalog of the German National Library