Siegbert Morscher

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Siegbert Morscher as constitutional judge in a gown (2003)

Siegbert Morscher (born April 29, 1939 in Bludenz ) is an Austrian lawyer , emeritus university professor and former constitutional judge . From 1982 to 2007 Morscher was Professor of Public Law at the Institute for Public Law, State and Administrative Studies at the University of Innsbruck and from 1988 to 2004 a judge at the Austrian Constitutional Court .

education

Siegbert Morscher was born on April 29, 1939 in the Vorarlberg district capital Bludenz . He attended the Bundesrealgymnasium Bludenz in his hometown , where he passed the Matura in 1958 . Then studied it Morscher Law at the University of Innsbruck and was there in 1963 for Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) Graduated . In the same year he completed the court practice .

Professional background

Morscher's first professional position took him to the Austrian Administrative Court in Vienna , where he worked in the registry office in 1964, among other things . In 1965 he returned to the University of Innsbruck back to the Institute of Public Law, Constitutional and Administrative Teaching Assistant Professor to be. In 1966, Siegbert Morscher went to Vienna again for employment, when he followed the Innsbruck university professor Hans Klecatsky , who had been appointed Minister of Justice in the Federal Government , to the Federal Ministry of Justice , where he worked as the presidential secretary until 1970.

1972 habilitation Morscher with the habilitation thesis on "The parliamentary interpellation " at the University of Innsbruck. A year later, in 1973, he was appointed Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Government Studies at his home university. Ten years later, in 1983 Morscher obtained the status of full professor for public law at the Institute for Public Law, Political Science and Administration at the University of Innsbruck.

In 1988 Siegbert Morscher was appointed judge at the Constitutional Court by Federal President Kurt Waldheim during the term of office of the Federal Government Vranitzky II . During his 16-year tenure as a constitutional judge, Morscher was elected a permanent speaker several times and also continued to teach at the University of Innsbruck. In 2004, Siegbert Morscher resigned for private reasons five years before his age-related retirement from the Constitutional Court. Morscher retired as professor at the University of Innsbruck in 2007 .

Siegbert Morscher's brother Edgar Morscher has been a full professor of philosophy at the University of Salzburg since 1979 .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Siegbert Morscher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VfGH judge leaves - government has the right to nominate. In: Wiener Zeitung . October 21, 2004, accessed February 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Michael Völker: After resignation: Schüssel in search of a constitutional judge. In: derStandard.at . October 20, 2004, accessed February 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Head of the week: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Siegbert Morscher . Publication by the University of Innsbruck, July 9, 2007.
  4. ^ Edgar Morscher: Proposals for an ethics council of the state of Salzburg . In: Anne Siegetsleitner, Otto Neumaier (Hrsg.): Research Institute for Applied Ethics. Research reports and communications . Issue 21, 2001, ISSN  1012-6201 , see foreword on page 7 ( available online as a PDF on the University of Salzburg's website ).
  5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Morscher, Siegbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer, emeritus university professor and former constitutional judge
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bludenz