Honorary for Professor Wadle: a loss for legal history!
Honorary for Professor Wadle: a loss for legal history!
Professor Elmar Wadle died on April 8 at the age of 86. The news was announced by the district administration and caused a deep dismay in many, including District Administrator Dr. Theophil Gallo. Wadle, who was born in St. Ingbert, leaves a significant academic legacy in law and regional history.
From January 1986 to July 1989, Wadle was a research assistant at the Chair of the Ordinarius and supervised the dissertation of District Administrator Gallo entitled "The Negotiations of the Extraordinary Assis Court in Landau in the Palatinate in 1833". This dissertation led Gallo to Dr. in 1994 iur.
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Wadle has been the chair for "German legal history" and "civil law" at the University of the Saarland since 1978. From 1987 to 1988 he also acted as a dean of the Faculty of Law and Economics. His trend -setting academic career led him from 1989 to 2008 as a judge at the Saarland Constitutional Court, where he also acted as Vice President from 1995
WADLESE WARNEST research concentrated on Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer, a lawyer and freedom fighter who is considered an important representative of spring -liberal thinking in Germany. His contribution "The Rheinische Law at Siebenpfeiffer" appeared in 1989 in the anthology "Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer. A life for freedom" and contributed to illuminating the legacy of Siebenpfeiffer.
In addition, Wadle worked in the scientific board of trustees from the foundation of the Siebenpfeiffer Foundation in 1988 to 2015. He organized the first scientific colloquium entitled "Siebenpfeiffer and his time in the field of view of legal history" in July 1989, which was the prelude to the foundation series. The first volume published in 1991 deals with the life and work of Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer from a legal historical perspective and is considered the milestone of regional research.
a lasting legacy
District Administrator Gallo praised Wadle as a passionate researcher and teacher who has enriched the region's cultural heritage. The Siebenpfeiffer Foundation and the Saarpfalz district will keep Wadle an honorable memory. His numerous letters and publications have shaped the legal history research in Saarland for years and leave an estimated gap.
With his death, the academic community loses a competent and committed scientist, whose life's work will inspire many generations of lawyers. Wadle will be remembered as a bridge builder between history and modernity, especially with regard to the development of law in Saarland.| Details | |
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