Dieter Medicus

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Dieter Medicus
Born(1929-05-09)9 May 1929
University of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisorMax Kaser
Doctoral studentsJens Petersen

Dieter Medicus (9 May 1929 – 6 June 2015) was a German

University of Munich
.

Life

Medicus was born 1929 in Berlin. His father was a

University of Munich.[2]

Medicus is author of the standard text book on German private Law (Bürgerliches Recht, 23rd edition 2011). Bürgerliches Recht was translated into Japanese (Doitsu-minpō, 1997) and hailed as “beacon of scholarly writing”.[3] It is “well-known to every German lawyer” and even cited by courts.[2] His book on the General Part of the German Civil Code (Allgemeiner Teil des Bürgerlichen Rechts) was translated into Chinese (De guo min fa zong lun, 2000).[4] His text books on the law of obligations were translated into Spanish (tratado de las relaciones obligacionales, 1995).[4] He was one of the advisors of the German Government during the reform of the law of obligations (Schuldrechtsreform) in 2002.

Memberships and honours

Medicus was elected member of the

University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2008.[3]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Erinnerung an einen großen Geist" (in German). Legal Tribune Online. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Beuthien, Volker (2004), "Dieter Medicus zum 75. Geburtstag", Neue Juristische Wochenschrift: 1642
  3. ^ a b Fuchs, Maximilian (2009), "Dieter Medicus zum 80. Geburtstag", Neue Juristische Wochenschrift: 1400
  4. ^
    JSTOR 20829659
  5. ^ "Mitglieder: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften".

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