biography
pronunciation:
[rahtbrukh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1878–1949)
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| biography:
| German politician and legal scientist, born in Lübeck, N Germany. Professor in Heidelberg, Königsberg, and Kiel, he became Reichsjustizminister (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) (1921–2, 1923). He was the first German professor to be dismissed from office (1933) and spent the years 1933–45 with scientific and literary work, after which he was again professor at Heidelberg (1945–8). The main principles in his legal philosophy were legal certainty (Rechtssicherheit), justice and social expediency. |
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