Hans-Jürgen Papier

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Hans-Jürgen Papier
Hans-Jürgen Papier giving a speech in 2014
8th President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
10 April 2002 – 16 March 2010
Preceded byJutta Limbach
Succeeded byAndreas Voßkuhle
10th Vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
27 February 1998 – 10 April 2002
Preceded byOtto Seidl
Succeeded byWinfried Hassemer
Personal details
Born (1943-07-06) 6 July 1943 (age 80)
Berlin, Germany
Alma materFree University of Berlin

Hans-Jürgen Papier (German pronunciation:

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
from 2002 to 2010.

Early life and education

Three years after graduating from law school in 1967 with the first law state examination, Papier completed his Ph.D. studies at the

Freie Universität Berlin. In 1971 he received the second law state examination. In 1973 he received his Habilitation on the basis of a second dissertation on questions concerning German constitutional law
.

Career

From 1974 onward Papier received tenure at the

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
.

In 1998 Papier, a member of the conservative

CSU party, became Vice President and Chair of the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. When President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Jutta Limbach retired from her position in 2002, Papier succeeded her.[1]

Papier has often made public comments on questions of constitutional law, but has generally avoided commenting on other political questions. He made an exception to this rule after the elections of 2005 when he implored the parties to work hard not to lose the trust of the German electorate.

Later career

From 2014 to 2016, Papier was part of an advisory board on internal reforms at Europe's largest

From 2017, Papier headed the so-called Limbach Commission (Advisory Commission on the return of cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution, especially Jewish property), a panel convened by the German government to give recommendations on restitution claims regarding art works stolen or purchased under duress by the Nazis.[5][6]

Selected works

  • Verfassung und Verfassungswandel, in:
    Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y.
    (ed.): 60 Jahre Grundgesetz. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 4), Baden-Baden 2009

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