Rudolf Geiger (lawyer)

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Rudolf Geiger (born November 17, 1937 in Wasserburg am Inn ) is a German legal scholar and professor emeritus at the University of Leipzig .

Geiger studied law at the University of Munich from 1956 . There he was in 1963 when Fritz Berber with a thesis on international law situation in Kashmir to Dr. iur. PhD. In 1965 he joined the judicial service of the Free State of Bavaria , where he initially worked as a public prosecutor and finally as a judge at the Munich Higher Regional Court . In 1978 Geiger completed his habilitation at the University of Munich with a thesis on the limitation of states' ability to conclude contracts under international law . In 1984 he was appointed adjunct professor there.

In 1993 Geiger accepted a position at the newly founded Faculty of Law at the University of Leipzig, where he held the chair for European law, international law and foreign public law until his retirement in 2003 .

Publications (selection)

  • The Kashmir question in the light of international law (= writings on international law. Vol. 12). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1970.
  • Basic law and international law: The relationship between constitutional law and international law and European law. A study book. Beck, Munich 1985; 6th revised edition: Basic Law and International Law, with European Law: The References of Constitutional Law to International Law and European Law, a study book. Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-64739-0 .
  • EC Treaty: Commentary on the Treaty establishing the European Community. Beck, Munich 1993; 5th, revised and expanded edition: with Daniel-Erasmus Khan , Markus Kotzur : EUV / AEUV: Treaty on European Union and Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Comment. Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-59701-5 .
  • with Daniel-Erasmus Khan: European law (= check your knowledge. H. 27). Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-41770-1 .
  • The German American: Carl Schurz . From German revolutionary to American statesman. Katz, Gernsbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-938047-28-6 .
  • with Daniel-Erasmus Khan , Markus Kotzur : European Union Treaties. A Commentary. Beck / Hart, Munich / Portland 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-62877-1 (Beck), ISBN 978-1-84946-361-4 (Hart).

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personal data
SURNAME Violinist, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Wasserburg am Inn