Wilhelm Simshouses

Wilhelm Simshäuser (born June 29, 1930 in Höringhausen ; † April 21, 2004 ) was a German law scholar and professor at the University of Augsburg .

Life

After graduating from high school in Bad Wildungen in 1949 , Simshäuser began studying law at the University of Frankfurt am Main in 1950 . There he passed his first state examination in law in 1955, followed by the second examination in 1961 after his legal clerkship in Wiesbaden. Even before his second exam, Simshäuser had accepted a position as a research assistant at the University of Frankfurt; afterwards he worked as assistant to Helmut Coing . There he obtained his doctorate in 1963. iur. In 1971, Simshäuser completed his habilitation process under the supervision of Dieter Simon and received the venia legendi for the subjects of Roman law, civil procedural law and civil law.

He then worked briefly as a private lecturer at the University of Frankfurt before he was appointed professor there in 1972. In 1976 he moved to the newly founded University of Augsburg as a full professor , where he held the chair for civil law. At the law faculty of the University of Augsburg, Simshäuser acted twice as dean before he retired in 1998. Christoph Becker was the successor to his chair .

Simshäuser was married to Susanne Simshäuser, the daughter of Gerhard Schiedermair , with whom he had three children.

Works and works (selection)

Simshauser's work mainly covers Roman law and its history. In particular, he published on Roman jurisdiction.

• On the development of the relationship between substantive law and procedural law since Savigny. An investigation using the example of unlawful lawsuits . Gieseking, Bielefeld 1965 (dissertation).
• Iuridici and municipal jurisdiction in Italy . CH Beck, Munich 1973, ISBN 978-3-406-00661-6 (habilitation thesis).

literature

• Obituary by Karl-Heinz Ziegler in: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte 123rd Volume (2006), pp. 521–524.