Göttingen University Faculty of Law
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Faculty of Law, Göttingen University is the Faculty of Law of University of Göttingen in Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany. Established in 1737, the faculty of law belongs to one of the four founding faculties of the university. It offers the Dipl.-Jur., LL.M. and Dr. jur. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars and several legal research centers.
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Type | Public university |
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Established | 1737; 287 years ago (1737) |
Location | , , Germany |
Dean | Inge Hanewinkel |
Website | Faculty Website |
The Faculty of Law has been a cradle for many distinguished legal scholars and public luminaries. The leading German legal scholar Rudolf von Jhering taught here in the late 19th century. Lassa Francis Lawrence Oppenheim, widely known as the founding father of modern international law, earned his doctorate in law in Göttingen in 1881. When it comes to politicians, Otto von Bismarck, "Iron Chancellor" of the second German Empire once studied law in Göttingen. Richard von Weizsäcker, a late German President, obtained his doctorate in law (Dr.iur.) from the Faculty of Law at the University of Göttingen in 1955. Gerhard Schröder, a former German Chancellor, also studied law in Göttingen and became a lawyer thereafter. Even the famous German poet Heinrich Heine received his doctorate in law here in 1825.