Eberhard Schmidt (1891-1977) was a lawyer under four different German governments, and his scholarly work shaped substantive criminal law, the history of criminal law and criminal procedure law. In their contributions to this volume, the authors explore what parts of Schmidt's work are of lasting value from today's perspective.
Eberhard Schmidt (1891-1977) was a lawyer in the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi State, and finally in the Federal Republic of Germany. He is primarily perceived as the founder of medical criminal law and as disciple of Franz von Liszt, who continued Liszt's textbook and introduced Liszt's ideas into the criminal law reform of the 1950s. Schmidt's »Introduction to the History of the German Criminal Justice System« has been read by generations of young lawyers and shaped their view of criminal law history. After 1945, Schmidt turned to criminal procedure and his monumental commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure is still considered an epoch-making academic achievement. The contributions here assembled examine what of Schmidt's work is of lasting value from today's perspective.
Table of contents:
Klaus-Peter Schroeder: Eberhard Schmidt (1891-1977) - Die »peregrinatio academica« eines deutschen Strafrechtslehrers -
Arnd Koch: Eberhard Schmidt und das Dritte Reich -
Milan Kuhli: Eberhard Schmidt als Rechtshistoriker -
Mathias Schmoeckel: Der Inquisitionsprozess und seine Geschichten -
Sven Großmann: Eberhard Schmidt und die Entwicklung des reformierten Strafverfahrens -
Carl-Friedrich Stuckenberg: Die wissenschaftliche Behandlung des Strafprozessrechts -
Wolfgang Wohlers: Die Rechtsstaatlichkeit des Strafverfahrens: Justizförmigkeit vs. Zweckmäßigkeit -
Martin Löhnig: Das Richterbild bei Eberhard Schmidt -
Heike Jung: Eberhard Schmidt und das Arztrecht -
Thomas Weigend: Eberhard Schmidt und Franz von Liszts »Lehrbuch des Deutschen Strafrechts« -
Sascha Ziemann: Eberhard Schmidt und das Erbe der Liszt-Schule nach 1945 -
Wolfgang Frisch: Eberhard Schmidt als Kriminalpolitiker, insbesondere in der Strafrechtsreform der 1950er Jahre -
Franz Streng: Eberhard Schmidt und der Strafvollzug
