Citizenship German Name Claus Roxin Fields Criminal law | Doctoral advisor Prof. Henkel Doctoral students Bernd Schunemann | |
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Alma mater Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Education University of Hamburg, University of Gottingen | ||
Prof claus roxin
Claus Roxin (born 15 May 1931 in Hamburg) is a German jurist. He is one of the most influential dogmatists of German penal law and has gained national and international reputation in this field. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate by 21 universities around the world as well as the Bundesverdienstkreuz first class.
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- Prof claus roxin
- Conversaciones con claus roxin
- Academic life
- Private life
- Academic work
- Books about Roxin
- References
Conversaciones con claus roxin
Academic life
Roxin studied law at the University of Hamburg from 1950 to 1954. Afterwards he worked as scientific assistant for professor Henkel where in 1957 he received a doctor's degree for his thesis Offene Tatbestande und Rechtspflichtmerkmale (open elements of a crime and attributes of statutory duty). In 1962 he habilitated with Taterschaft und Teilnahme (crime and accessory to crime) which became a standard work in this field.
Roxin went on to become a professor at Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen in 1963. In 1966 he was one of the authors of the "Alternativentwurf fur den Allgemeinen Teil des deutschen Strafgesetzbuchs" (alternative proposal for the general part of the German criminal law) which influenced German criminal law for years to come. From 1968 to 1971 he also worked on the alternative proposal for the special part of the German criminal law which was released in four volumes.
In 1971, he became a professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he lectured until 1999 and held the chair for penal law, criminal procedure and general legal doctrine. Afterwards he worked in a workshop of German and Swiss jurists which published an alternative proposal of the German Strafvollzugsgesetz (penal system law) in 1973 and an alternative proposal to the German Strafprozessordnung (code of criminal procedure) in 1980.
In the 1970s he was a frequent guest on the ZDF show Wie wurden Sie entscheiden? that made him known to a wider audience. He is one of the publishers of the "Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft" and the "Neue Zeitschrift fur Strafrecht". In 1994 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Private life
Roxin is also the founder and honorary chairman of the Karl-May-Gesellschaft as well as a recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz first class. Roxin is married with three children and lives in Stockdorf.
Academic work
Roxin is the author of multiple books, essays and annotations. Amongst them are: