Michael Stolleis – zum Gedenken

Der Band versammelt die für die akademische Gedenkfeier für Michael Stolleis (1941–2021) am 24. Juni 2022 verfassten Vorträge. Sie würdigen die vielfältigen Facetten des Juristen und Historikers, des Wissenschaftlers wie des Hochschullehrers. Einige Aufsätze beleuchten im Anschluss an sein Werk die Wissenschaftsgeschichte des „deutschen Völkerrechts“ oder die Geschichte des Kolonialrechts; andere stellen seine große Bedeutung für europäische Kolleginnen und Kollegen heraus. Doch alle Beiträge durchzieht ein Grundgedanke: dass Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtsgeschichten untrennbar zusammengehören, wie es Stolleis in seinem letzten Buch unter dem Titel „recht erzählen“ (2021) meisterhaft vorführte. So halten persönliche Erinnerungen von Freunden und Wegbegleiter das Andenken an den einzigartigen Erzähler vom Recht fest. Auch Michael Stolleis selbst kommt noch einmal in einem wieder abgedruckten Gespräch über Väter, Bildungswege und Zeitgenossenschaft zu Wort. This volume presents the lectures written for the academic memorial service for Michael Stolleis (1941–2021) on June 24, 2022. They pay tribute to the many facets of the jurist and historian, the scientist as well as the university teacher. Tying in with his work, some essays shed light on the academic history of "German international law" or the history of colonial law; others highlight his great importance for European colleagues. Yet through all the contributions runs one basic idea: that legal history and legal histories inseparably belong together, as Stolleis masterfully demonstrated in his last book bearing the title "recht erzählen" (2021). Thus, personal recollections of friends and academic companions sustain the memory of an unique narrator of law. Michael Stolleis himself also has his say once again in a reprinted conversation about fathers, educational paths and contemporaneity. This volume presents the lectures written for the academic memorial service for Michael Stolleis (1941–2021) on June 24, 2022. They pay tribute to the many facets of the jurist and historian, the scientist as well as the university teacher. Tying in with his work, some essays shed light on the academic history of "German international law" or the history of colonial law; others highlight his great importance for European colleagues. Yet through all the contributions runs one basic idea: that legal history and legal histories inseparably belong together, as Stolleis masterfully demonstrated in his last book bearing the title "recht erzählen" (2021). Thus, personal recollections of friends and academic companions sustain the memory of an unique narrator of law. Michael Stolleis himself also has his say once again in a reprinted conversation about fathers, educational paths and contemporaneity.