About Richard Honig
Lived 1890 – 1981 (aged 91). Richard Honig was a German jurist, university teacher and translator.
Richard Martin Honig (; 3 January 1890 – 25 February 1981) was a German penologist.
Life Richard Honig obtained his habilitation in 1919 and was appointed professor in 1925 in Göttingen. In 1933, he was forced from the university due to his Jewish heritage and his opposition to the Nazi policies. 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.
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
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German penologist (1890-1981)
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Richard Honig was born on 3 January 1890 in Poznań.
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Richard Honig died on 25 February 1981 in Göttingen.
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Richard Honig was a jurist, university teacher and translator.
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