Horst Dreier | |
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| Born | (1954-09-07)7 September 1954 (age 71) |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg University of Hannover |
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| Fields | Legal studies,legal philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Würzburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Hasso Hofmann |
Horst Dreier (born 7 September 1954) is a Germanjurist andlegal philosopher. He currently holds a chair at theUniversity of Würzburg. In 2008 he was the initial candidate to replaceWinfried Hassemer at theFederal Constitutional Court of Germany, but his nomination was opposed by theCDU for his controversial positions regardingtorture andstem cell research,[1] and eventually withdrawn in favor ofAndreas Voßkuhle.[2]
A native ofHannover,Lower Saxony, Dreier attended theUniversity of Hannover, where he received hisStaatsexamen in 1981. He went on to earn hisDoctor of Laws from theUniversity of Würzburg in 1985, under supervision ofHasso Hofmann.
Horst Dreier received several awards for his work; in 2000, the "Award for Excellence in Teaching" from the Bavarian State Minister for Science, Research and the Arts and in 2002 he was awarded theAustrian Decoration for Science and Art[3] by the Federal President of the Republic of Austria.
In 2003 Dreier was elected as a member of the Philosophy and History Class of theBavarian Academy of Sciences and in 2007 he was inducted into theGerman Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He is the doctoral supervisor ofFrauke Brosius-Gersdorf.[4]
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