Stephan Lorenz
Stephan Lorenz (born December 13, 1961 in Würzburg ) is a German legal scholar and professor of civil law , international private law and comparative law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
Life
Lorenz studied German and Romance languages at the University of Munich in 1982/83. From 1984 to 1988 he studied law at the Universities of Munich and Lausanne . In 1989 he completed his studies with the first state examination in law, after which he worked as a research assistant at Andreas Heldrich's chair . In 1990 he received his doctorate , in 1992 he passed the second state examination in law and became a research assistant at Andreas Heldrich's chair. In 1996/97 he received his habilitation in Munich for the subjects civil law, civil procedural law, international private law and comparative law.
From the 1997/98 winter semester he was professor for civil law, civil procedural law , international private law and comparative law at the University of Augsburg . After declining an appointment at the University of Lausanne (successor Fritz Sturm ) in 1999, he was appointed to the University of Munich for the 2002/03 winter semester, where he still holds a chair for civil law, international private law and comparative law. In 2011 he turned down an offer at the University of Regensburg . In 2015, he turned down the offer of President of the Bucerius Law School .
In 2008 and 2013, the Bavarian State Parliament elected him part-time judge at the Bavarian Constitutional Court . Lorenz had been proposed for this by the Free Voters in 2008, although he was not a member of the party; he stated that in the opinion of the Free Voters, the state constitutional court should become less political.
In addition, Lorenz is co-editor of the legal training course (JuS), in which he regularly publishes articles in the “Basic Knowledge” series.
In 2013 he received the Ars legendi Prize for excellent university teaching . In 2015 he was awarded the “Prize for Good Teaching” from the Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture, Science and Art. In 2018 he received the Federal Cross of Merit .
Private
Lorenz is the father of four children and lives in Krailling . He is the son of the legal scholar Werner Lorenz , who, like Stephan Lorenz, held a chair at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and also did research on international private law and comparative law. Like Stephan Lorenz, Werner Lorenz also commented on the right to enrichment (§§ 812-822 BGB) in the Staudinger large commentary on the German Civil Code .
Fonts (selection)
- Law of Obligations I: General Part (together with Dieter Medicus ). 21st edition, CH Beck, Munich 2015. ISBN 978-3-406-66736-7
- Law of Obligations II: Special Part (together with Dieter Medicus). 18th edition, CH Beck, Munich 2018. ISBN 978-3-406-69406-6
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 19th edition (2003). Vol. 2, p. 2016.
Web links
- Web presence at the LMU Munich
- Homepage of the chair - with extensive material collection and podcast
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b eah (abbreviation): Elected as judge - Stephan Lorenz proposed by free voters . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Starnberg district . tape 2008 . Munich December 9, 2008, p. R3 .
- ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Stephan Lorenz. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Stephan Lorenz receives Federal Cross of Merit - Wuermtal.Net - events, reports and news for the Würmtal. Accessed April 24, 2018 (German).
- ↑ a b Obituary notice, Werner Lorenz, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Gedenkkerzen, Kond… In: archive.fo . August 18, 2014 ( archive.today [accessed April 24, 2018]).
- ↑ Thomas Rauscher Heinz-Peter Mansel: Dedication, in: dies. (Ed.): Festschrift for Werner Lorenz on his 80th birthday, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-935808-02-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorenz, Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |