Günter Hirsch
Günter Hirsch (born 30 January 1943) is a German legal scholar who served as the seventh President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany from 2000 to 2008.
Biography
Günter Erhard Hirsch was born in
In 1973, Hirsch started working in the
He then became the president of diverse courts. From 1 September 1992 to 31 December 1992 he was president of the Bezirksgericht (district court) of Dresden; from 1993 until 6 October 1994 he was president of the Higher Regional Court of Dresden. From 6 June 1993 to 31 March 1995 he was also president of the Constitutional Court of Saxony. From 1994 to 2000, he was an appointed judge at the European Court of Justice, as well.
From 2000 to January 2008, he was president of the
Hirsch is an honorary professor for European and medical law at the Saarland University. He has to his credit numerous publications in the fields of criminal law, medical law, public law and European law. Hirsch is married to Marta Hirsch-Ziembiñska, a jurist and diplomat.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Biographical details of Prof. Dr. Günter Hirsch Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine Bundesgerichtshof, official website. Retrieved April 7, 2011