Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde#


Ernst-Wolfgang Bockenforde
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:1674
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:LAW
Elected:1995
Main Country of Residence:GERMANY


Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde passed away February 24, 2019.

Positions Held
  • 1977 Professor at the University of Freiburg
  • 1969 Professor at the University of Bielefeld
  • 1964 Professor of Public Law, Constitutional History, Legal History and Philosophy of Law at the University of Heidelberg

Fields of Scholarship
  • Legal and Constitutional Theory
  • Political Philosophy
  • Catholic Political Thought

Honours and Awards
  • Member of the second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court (1982-1996)
  • Honorary Doctorate from the Faculties of Catholic Theology of theUniversity of Bochum (1999)
  • Honorary Doctorate from the Tübingen University (2005)
  • Honorary Doctorate from the Law Schools of Bielefeld University (1999)
  • Honorary Doctorate from the University of Münster (2001)
  • Honorary Doctorate from the University of Basel(1987)
  • the Reuchlin Award of the City of Pforzheim (1978)
  • the Guardini Award of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria (2004)
  • the Hannah-Arendt Award for Political Thought (2004)


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