Prof. Dr. Christian Hattenhauer

Prof. Hattenhauer focuses on the historical and European dimensions of civil law as well as German and European history of law, particularly the history of constitutional law.  He is (currently executive) director of the Heidelberg Institute for the Historical Study of Law.

Apart from many articles on the history of law and on civil law published in academic journals and encyclopedias, the two monographs "Wahl und Krönung Franz II. AD 1792: Das Heilige Reich krönt seinen letzten Kaiser – Das Tagebuch des Reichsquartiermeisters Hieronymus Gottfried von Müller und Anlagen“ and „Schuldenregulierung nach dem Westfälischen Frieden: Der sog. § de indaganda und seine Umsetzung im Jüngsten Reichsabschied (AD 1648 und 1654)“ are to be named among his publications.  Prof. Hattenhauer ist a founding member and vice president of the Heidelberg Society for the History of Law ("Heidelberger Rechtshistorischen Gesellschaft e. V.") and trust lecturer for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

 

Department in FIIT

III. Theology and Legal Studies

 

Contact

Friedrich-Ebert-Platz 2, Z. 210

Heidelberg

Deutschland

69117