Michael Stolleis
Michael Stolleis was a German jurist and historian. He was a law professor at Goethe University Frankfurt until 2006 and directed the Max-Planck-Institut [für europäische Rechtsgeschichte|Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte] of the Max Planck Society from 1991 to 2009.
Biography
Michael was the son of Erich Stolleis, who served as Mayor of Ludwigshafen from 1937 to 1942. After his secondary studies, he studied law, German literature, and art history at Heidelberg University and the University of Würzburg. He passed his Staatsexamen in 1965 and finished his doctoral thesis at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, titled Staatsraison, Recht und Moral in philosophischen Texten des späten 18. Jahrhunderts.In 1991, Stolleis received the Leibniz Prize for being an "exceptional academic", awarded by the German Research Foundation. That same year, he was appointed Director of the Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte of the Max Planck Society. In 2006, he became a professor emeritus at Goethe University Frankfurt and retired as director of the MPI for the History of European Law of the Max Planck Society, but returned, as acting director, from 2007 to 2009.
In 2015, Stolleis became a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the [Federal Republic of Germany]. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite order for List of recipients of the [Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts|Sciences and Arts] in 2014.
Michael Stolleis died in Frankfurt on 18 March 2021 at the age of 79.