Richard Honig

Richard Honig (German: [ˈhoːnɪç]; born 3 January 1890 in Gniezno, Poznań; died 25 February 1981 in Göttingen) was a German penologist.

Life

Honig obtained his habilitation in 1919 and was appointed professor in 1925 in Göttingen.^[1] In 1933, he was forced from the university due to his Jewish heritage and his opposition to the Nazi policies.^[1] The same year, he was invited to join the newly founded University of Istanbul and emigrated to Turkey. There, he wrote a Turkish Introduction into jurisprudence and to philosophy of law (both 1934 f.). In 1939, he emigrated to the USA. Beginning in 1954 and after his retirement in the USA in 1963, he came regularly to teach U.S. and comparative law and conduct research stints to Germany, in particular in Goettingen ^[1][2] In 1974, the widowed Honig moved permanently to Göttingen, where he resided until his death on 25 February 1981 at the age of ninety-one.^[1]

Works

• Die Einwilligung des Verletzten, 1919
• Studien zur juristischen und natürlichen Handlungseinheit, 1925
• Die straflose Vortat und Nachtat, 1927
• Römisches Recht, 1936
• Kirchenrecht, 1954
• Wiederaufnahme im amerikanischen Strafverfahren, 1969
• Schwurgericht, 1974

References

1. Schäfer-Richter, U.; Klein, J. (1992). Die jüdischen Bürger im Kreis Göttingen, 1933-1945: ein Gedenkbuch : Göttingen, Hann. Münden, Duderstadt. Wallstein. ISBN 9783892440482.
2. "Richard Honig zum Gedächtnis". http://www.reference-global.com/: de Gruyter Reference Global. Retrieved 2011-04-21.

Further reading

• Barbara Huber, Richard Martin Honig 1890–1981. Auf der Suche nach dem richtigen Recht, in: Helmut Heinrichs / Harald Franzki / Klaus Schmalz / Michael Stolleis, Deutsche Juristen jüdischer Herkunft, München 1993, S. 747-752
• Walter Tetzlaff, 2000 Kurzbiographien bedeutender deutscher Juden des 20. Jahrhunderts, Askania-Verlag, Lindhorst 1982 ISBN 3-921730-10-4