Hans-Jürgen Papier (German pronunciation: [ˈpaːpi̯ɐ]; born 6 July 1943 in Berlin) is a German scholar of constitutional law who served as president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 2002 to 2010.
Hans-Jürgen Papier | |
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 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 by | Jutta Limbach |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Voßkuhle |
| 10th Vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
| In office 27 February 1998 – 10 April 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Otto Seidl |
| Succeeded by | Winfried Hassemer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1943 Berlin, Germany |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Early life and education
editThree 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
editFrom 1974 onward Papier received tenure at the Universität Bielefeld and taught constitutional law. In 1992 he moved to Munich to teach German and Bavarian constitutional and administrative law as well as Public Social law 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
editFrom 2014 to 2016, Papier was part of an advisory board on internal reforms at Europe's largest automobile association ADAC.[2][3] From 2014 to 2023, he served as ombudsperson at German private credit bureau Schufa.[4]
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
edit- 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
External links
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Media related to Hans-Jürgen Papier at Wikimedia Commons- Hans-Jürgen Papier in the German National Library catalogue
References
edit- ^ Kirch, V. (2021). Social Networks - The Modern-Day Family: Law and Policy of Regulation. Springer International Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-3-030-68651-2. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Dietrich Kreutzburg (2 April 2023), Krise des Automobilclubs: ADAC gewinnt Hans-Jürgen Papier als Berater Der Spiegel, 14 February 2014.
- ^ „Der ADAC hat sich verändert“: Unabhängiger Beirat sieht ADAC bei Neuausrichtung auf gutem Weg ADAC, press release of 13 January 2016.
- ^ Brigitte Zypries wird neue SCHUFA-Ombudsfrau Schufa, press release of 11 May 2023.
- ^ Nachfolge: Neuer Vorsitzender für Limbach-Kommission Süddeutsche Zeitung, 22 November 2017.
- ^ Catherine Hickley (25 January 2021), Rare Violin Tests Germany’s Commitment to Atone for Its Nazi Past New York Times.
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