Theo Öhlinger

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Theodor Öhlinger (22 June 1939 – 10 December 2023) was an Austrian

Alexander van der Bellen called him Austria's "operating system" during the turbulent times of May 2019.[1]

Early life

Theo Öhlinger was born on 22 June 1939 in Ried im Innkreis.[2]

From 1950 to 1958, Öhlinger received his secondary education at a gymnasium with special emphasis on the classical humanities.[2] In his adolescence, Öhlinger wanted to become an art historian; he spent much of his spare time collecting and cataloging reproductions of classical paintings.[3]

Career

In 1958, Öhlinger enrolled at the

doctorate of law in early 1966.[2][3]

Shortly before formally graduating, in late 1965, Öhlinger had secured employment as an assistant professor with the University of Innsbruck. From 1967 to 1972, he also worked for the Constitutional Service in the

Chancellery, an office that assists ministries in drafting legislation and in evaluating the constitutionality of draft statutes written elsewhere.[citation needed
]

In 1973, Öhlinger submitted his habilitation thesis to the University of Innsbruck. His alma mater promptly upgraded Öhlinger's position from assistant professor to associate professor, effective 1974.[4] At the same time, the University appointed him Head of Department of European Law.[3] Also in 1974, Öhlinger accepted a full professorship at the University of Vienna.[2]

In 1977, Öhlinger was appointed substitute member of the Austrian Constitutional Court. He retired from the Court in 1989 to become executive director of the Austrian Academy of Public Administration, a professional development center that provides postgraduate instruction and extra-occupational training for Austrian career civil servants. Öhlinger left the Academy in 1995 when the University of Vienna offered him the position of Head of Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law.[2][4]

In addition to his commitments in Innsbruck and Vienna, Öhlinger also held visiting teaching positions at the

Dickinson School of Law.From 1984 to 1990, he also was a member of the Committee of Independent Experts of the European Social Charter. From 1992 to 2004, he was a member of the board of directors of the International Association of Constitutional Law.[2][5]

In early 2003, the cabinet of then-Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel launched the Austria Convention (German: Österreich-Konvent), a conference of legal scholars and public intellectuals tasked with drafting a new constitution for Austria. The existing constitution, exceptionally bulky and difficult to navigate, had been posing serious technical challenges to legislators and constitutional justices for decades.[6] The Convention was charged with exploring reform.[7] Öhlinger was a member of the Convention from its launch to its conclusion in 2005.[2][4][8]

Since his days on the Convention, Öhlinger served a number of additional Austrian cabinets in a variety of advisory positions; he performed advisory work for legislatures as well. When Barbara Prammer became the President of the National Council, for example, she retained Öhlinger as her consultant on constitutional affairs.[9]

In 1999, Öhlinger was appointed deputy chairman of the board of trustees of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Vienna Museum of Art History.[3][4]

In 2007, Öhlinger emerited from the University of Vienna.[3][4][5]

Öhlinger wrote 23 books and more than 350 scholarly articles.[4]

Öhlinger died in Vienna on 10 December 2023, at the age of 84.[10]

Media

Öhlinger was frequently quoted and occasionally interviewed by Austrian national and regional news media ranging from broadsheets to tabloids and from

2016 Austrian presidential election,[18][19] Austria's system of public funding of political parties,[20][21] child benefit legislation,[22] freedom of religion,[23] smoking bans,[24] and assisted suicide,[25]
among many other subjects.

Selected awards

Publications

Standard textbooks

  • Öhlinger, Theo, ed. (2009) [2001]. Verfahren vor den Gerichtshöfen des öffentlichen Rechts. Vienna: Manz.
    ISBN 978-3-214-01081-2
    .
  • — (2016) [1993]. Verfassungsrecht (11th revised ed.). Vienna: Facultas.
    ISBN 978-3-708-91434-3
    .
  • —; Potacs, Michael (2017) [1998]. EU-Recht und staatliches Recht: die Anwendung des Europarechts im innerstaatlichen Bereich (6th revised ed.). Vienna: LexisNexis.
    ISBN 978-3-700-76606-3
    .

Selected other books

References

  1. ^ "Bierlein wird Übergangskanzlerin". news.ORF.at (in German). ORF. 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Dr. Theodor Öhlinger". Austrian Parliament. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Taschlmar, Manuela (2011). "Recht auf Gesundheit: ein vages Programm" (PDF). jusalumni Magazin. No. 4/2011. p. 5.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Kurzbiografie Em. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Theo Öhlinger" (PDF). University of Vienna. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Lebenslauf em. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Theo Öhlinger" (PDF). University of Vienna. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ISBN 978-3-7046-7281-0
    .
  7. ^ Berka (2016), pp. 14−16.
  8. ^ "Was ist bzw. war der Österreich-Konvent?". Neuwal. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Öhlinger berät Prammer". Die Presse. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Verfassungsrechtler Theo Öhlinger 84-jährig verstorben". Die Presse. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  11. ^ a b Kommenda, Benedikt (24 September 2007). "Weltgrößte Verfassung, in drei Paketen". Die Presse. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  12. ^ Kommenda, Benedikt (10 September 2007). "Grundrechts-Text nicht entscheidend". Die Presse. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Höchstrichter und Verfassungsexperten zweifeln an Asylgericht: Rückstau bleibt". NEWS. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Mikl-Leitner verteidigt sich nach Stopp für Asylverfahren". Salzburger Nachrichten. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Asylnovelle ist teils verfassungswidrig". Österreich. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Verfassungsjurist Öhlinger skeptisch zu VfGH-Kandidaten". Salzburger Nachrichten. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  17. ^ Hayden, Stefan (10 October 2012). "Die Verfassungsrichter, ihre Nebenjobs und der Zement". Der Standard. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Anfechtung: Höchstrichter im Wettlauf mit der Zeit". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  19. ^ Aichinger, Philipp; Kommenda, Benedikt (1 July 2016). "Wahlaufhebung - und was jetzt?". Die Presse. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Wer finanziert Haider-Partei? BZÖ will 40 Prozent der FP-Förderung mitnehmen!". NEWS. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  21. ^ "Kein Geld mehr bei Klubwechseln". Österreich. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Haubner-Erlass zu Kindergeld verfassungswidrig? Für Juristen fehlt die Grundlage!". NEWS. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  23. ^ "Neues Islamgesetz: Unklarheiten und Kritik". Salzburger Nachrichten. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  24. ^ "Juristen: Kaum Chance für Rauchverbotsklage". ORF. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  25. ^ Marchart, Jan Michael (20 November 2014). "Unbegründete Sorge". Wiener Zeitung. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  26. ^ a b c d "Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)" (PDF). University of Vienna. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  27. ISBN 978-3-851-14849-7
    .

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