Lutz Meyer-Goßner

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Lutz Meyer-Goßner (born 10 July 1936 in Nienburg, Lower Saxony) is a German lawyer, jurist and law professor. He was a judge of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof) from 1983 to 2001.

After law school and initial clerking in 1964 he was appointed as a deputy judge in the judicial service of the State of Bavaria. In 1967 he moved up to full district judge at the District Court of Munich. Concurrently with his appointment as judge, Meyer-Goßner undertook the job of working-group-leader over the research clerks of the court. In 1972, he was promoted and appointed head prosecutor. Beginning in 1975, Meyer-Goßner served as Chief Judge of the District Court of Munich, where he presided over the entire criminal division.[1]

Meyer-Goßner received his appointment to the bench of the Federal Court in 1983, first hearing criminal cases. And then in 1992 he was appointed as deputy presiding judge of the court and in December 1994 as presiding judge. He retired on 31 July 2001 as presiding judge and from the court.[1]

In addition to his demanding judicial duties, Meyer-Gossner also contributed to the profession as a commentator on the Criminal Procedure Code. Meyer-Gossner held a professorship at the University of Marburg, where he continued to teach criminal law and procedure after his judicial retirement.[2]

Selected works

  • Strafprozeßordnung: Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz, Nebengesetze und ergänzende Bestimmungen[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vorsitzender Richter am Bundesgerichtshof Prof. Dr. Lutz Meyer-Goßner im Ruhestand (Pressemitteilung des Bundesgerichtshofes Nr. 58/2001)". 31 July 2001. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Prof. Dr.Lutz Meyer-Goßner". Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. 
  3. ↑ Meyer-Goßner, Lutz and Schwarz, Otto Georg (2006). Strafprozeßordnung: Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz, Nebengesetze und ergänzende Bestimmungen (Criminal Procedure: Judicature Act, Administration and Supplementary Provisions) (in German). Münich, Germany: Beck Verlag. ISBN 978-3-406-54953-3. 

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