Horst Dreier | |
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Born | September 7, 1954 Hannover, Lower Saxony |
Nationality | Germany |
Fields | Legal studies, legal philosophy |
Institutions | University of Würzburg |
Alma mater | University of Würzburg University of Hannover |
Doctoral advisor | Hasso Hofmann |
Doctoral students | Armin Engländer, Oliver Köppen |
Influences | Hans Kelsen |
Horst Dreier (born September 7, 1954) is a German jurist and legal philosopher. He currently holds a chair at the University of Würzburg. In 2008 he was the initial candidate to replace Winfried Hassemer at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, but his nomination was opposed by the CDU for his controversial positions regarding torture and stem cell research,[1] and eventually withdrawn in favor of Andreas Voßkuhle.[2]
A native of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Dreier attended the University of Hannover, where he received his Staatsexamen in 1981. He went on to earn his Doctor of Laws from the University of Würzburg in 1985, under supervision of Hasso Hofmann.