Horst Dreier

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Horst Dreier
Born (1954-09-07) 7 September 1954 (age 69)
legal philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Würzburg
Doctoral advisorHasso Hofmann

Horst Dreier (born 7 September 1954) is a German

CDU for his controversial positions regarding torture and stem cell research,[1] and eventually withdrawn in favor of Andreas Voßkuhle.[2]

A native of

Doctor of Laws from the University of Würzburg in 1985, under supervision of Hasso Hofmann
.

Horst Dreier received several awards for his work; in 2000, the "Award for Excellence in Teaching" from the Bavarian State Minister for Science, Research and the Arts and in 2002 he was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art[3] by the Federal President of the Republic of Austria.

In 2003 Dreier was elected as a member of the Philosophy and History Class of the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
.

Selected publications

English language publications only
  • ——— (1999), "The Essence of Democracy – Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt Juxtaposed", in Diner, Dan; Stolleis, Michael (eds.), Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt. A Juxtaposition, Gerlingen: Bleicher, pp. 71–79,
    ISBN 3-88350-466-1
    .
  • ——— (2004), "Does Cloning Violate the Basic Law's Guarantee of Human Dignity?", in Vöneky, Silja; Wolfrum, Rüdiger (eds.), Human Dignity and Human Cloning, Leiden: Brill, pp. 77–85,
    ISBN 90-04-14233-9
    .

References

  1. ^ Prantl, Heribert (January 23, 2008), "Die Würde des Menschen wird antastbar: Über Richter Horst Dreier, der bald sehr mächtig werden könnte", Süddeutsche Zeitung, archived from the original on July 17, 2011
  2. ^ "SPD zieht Kandidatur von Dreier zurück", Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1514. Retrieved 23 October 2012.

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