Johannes Platschek (born 1973 in

Munich, Germany Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

) is a German legal scholar. His research interests include Hellenistic Legal History, Roman

Civil Procedure Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or case may be commenced; what ki ...

, ancient civil law appearing in non-legal sources, and the

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of the Roman jurists writings (Gaius,

Justinian's Digest The ''Digest'', also known as the Pandects ( la, Digesta seu Pandectae, adapted from grc, πανδέκτης , "all-containing"), is a name given to a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine e ...

). In 1993, he began his legal studies at

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

. He passed his first state legal examination in 1998; his second state legal examination in 2000, and in 2003 he finished his doctorate, summa cum laude, with a dissertation on Cicero's ''Pro Quinctio'' under the direction of Professor Dr.

Dieter Nörr Dieter Nörr (1931 in Munich, Germany – October 3, 2017) was a German scholar of Ancient Law. He studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1949 to 1953. After receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on criminal law in the Co ...

. Starting in 2004, he worked as a postdoctoral assistant at the University of Munich's

Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research The Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research is an institute of the law school of the University of Munich. It traces itself back to the Seminar for Papyrus Research founded by Professor Leopold Wenger in 1909 (which ...

, where he finished his ''Habilitation'' ('Das Edikt ''De pecunia constituta) in 2009 (in

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, Civil Law, Ancient Legal History, and the history of private law in modern times). In September 2009, Platschek became Professor of Roman Law, Civil Law, and Modern Private Law at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

. After a short-term lecturer position at the German-Chinese legal institute at

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

in September 2011, he became a lecturer at the Scuola di Scienze giuridiche Dottorato at the University of Milano-Bicocca in December 2011. In February 2012, he was hired as a university professor of Roman Law, the Romanistic foundations of modern rights, and Ancient Legal History at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, Austria. In 2015, he became Professor of Roman Law, Ancient Legal History, and Civil law, and also assumed the position of Director of the

, at the

as the successor to Prof. Dr.

Alfons Bürge Alfons Bürge is a Swiss scholar of Ancient Law, with a special interest in the comparative study of Ancient and Modern Law. Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1947, Bürge studied the Classics at the University of Zurich. He received his Ph.D. i ...

. In February 2019, he organized a conference in memory of the late Professor Dr.

Writings (selected)

*''Das ius Verrinum im Fall des Heraclius von Syrakus''. In: ''Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung''. Band 118 (2001), S. 234–263 *''Studien zu Ciceros Rede für P. Quinctius''. Munich, 2005 (Dissertation) *''Augsburger Inschriften und römische Wirtschaftsorganisation. Römischrechtliche (und andere) Assoziationen im Römischen Museum Augsburg''. In: Christoph Becker and Hans G. Herrmann, eds.: ''Ökonomie und Recht – Historische Entwicklungen in Bayern''. Münster, 2009, S. 1–19 *''Das Edikt ''De pecunia constituta''. Die römische Erfüllungszusage und ihre Einbettung in den hellenistischen Kreditverkehr''. Munich, 2013 (Habilitationsschrift) *''Der Bürge einst und jetzt: Festschrift für Alfons Bürge'' (co-edited with Ulrike Babusiaux and Peter Nobel). Zurich, 2017

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