Edgar Bodenheimer
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Edgar Bodenheimer (March 4, 1908 - May 30, 1991) was a professor of law in the United States.
[edit] Biography
Bodenheimer was born in Berlin in 1908. He was educated in universities of Geneva, Munich, Heidelberg, and Berlin. After receiving his J.U.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1933, he emigrated to the United States to escape from the Nazis. He then got his LL.B. from the University of Washington in 1937.
He joined the law faculty of the University of Utah in 1946, and became a professor at the Law School of University of California, Davis in 1966.
[edit] Works
- Jurisprudence: The Philosophy and Method of the Law, Harvard University Press 1962.
- Treatise on Justice, 1967.
- Power, Law, And Society; A Study of the Will to Power and the Will to Law, 1972.
- Philosophy of Responsibility, 1980.
[edit] References
- Carol Bruch, et al, "Edgar Bodenheimer 1908-1991", in American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol.39, No.4, pp.657-659.
Categories: American legal academics | University of Washington alumni | University of Heidelberg alumni | University of Munich alumni | Humboldt University of Berlin alumni | University of Utah faculty | University of California, Davis faculty | Legal educators | Legal writers | 1908 births | 1991 deaths
