Prof Dr Dr h. c. Götz Frank
Prof Dr Dr h. c. Götz Frank
Former professorship for public commercial law, retired in 2013, see press release.
I. Monographs, textbooks
Defence against the press endangering international peace by domestic law: An investigation into the content, preconditions and fulfilment of the legislative obligations under Article 26 I 2 of the Basic Law, Berlin 1974.
The right of reply in Europe. Possibilities of Harmonisation, Martin Löffler/ Götz Frank [eds.], Munich 1974.
Local infrastructure deficiency and municipal financial resources. Funktionen d. kommunalen Selbstverwaltung am Beisp. d. öffentl. Personennahverkehr, Baden-Baden 1982.
Sozialstaatsprinzip und Gesundheitssystem, Frankfurt/Main 1983.
Rotation in the constitutional dispute: Dokumentation d. Verfahren um d. Rechtswirksamkeit d. Mandatsverzichtserklärungen von 5 Grünen Abgeordneten vor dem Niedersächs. Staatsge-richtshof, 1st ed., Baden-Baden 1985.
Administrative procedural law. A systematic presentation, Götz Frank/Heinrich-Wilhelm Langrehr, Heidelberg 1987.
Freedom of construction and road planning in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg at the end of the 19th century, series: Oldenburger Universitätsreden, Oldenburg 1992.
Traffic Calming and Traffic Law, Baden-Baden 1992.
Traffic initiatives for environmental protection, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt/Ekkehart Stein (eds.), Oldenburg 1999.
Democracy in State and Economy. Commemorative publication for Ekkehart Stein on his 70th birthday on 24 September 2002, Heiko Faber/Götz Frank (eds.), Tübingen 2002.
The municipality. Constitution, planning, economy and the right of local self-government. Fs. on the 70th birthday of Heiko Faber, Götz Frank/Heinrich-Wilhelm Langrehr (eds.), Tübingen 2007.
Constitutional Law, Ekkehart Stein/Götz Frank, 21st ed., Tübingen 2010.
The Freedom of the Press by Carl von Ossietzky. Farewell lecture on 8 April 2013, Series: Ol-denburger Universitätsreden, Oldenburg 2013.
II Comments
Kommentar zum Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reihe Alternativ-
Kommentare), Neuwied (2001), p. 1629 - 1640 and p. 1661 - 1696, p. 767 - 831 and p. 1410 - 1471: Commentary on Articles 12a, 17a, 24 II, 26, 45a, 45b, 87a, 87b and 115 a-l.
Art. 87, Special Section: Establishment and control of armed forces: cross-article commentary on Art. 12 a para. 1, 17 a, 45 a, 45 b, 65 a, 87 a para. 1 and 2, 87 b, 115 b. - 1989.
Section X a. Special section: Tension and defence: cross-article commentary on Art. 12 a para. 3 - 6, 53 a, 80 a, 87 a para. 3, 115 a, 115 c - 115 l.
III Contributions and essays
Die Rezeption eines internationalen Gegendarstellungsanspruchs in das Recht der Bundesre-publik Deutschland, in: Zeitschr. für Rechtspolitik ; Vol. 6, 1973, H. 4, pp. 84 - 88.
Entwurf einer Staatskonvention zur Einführung eines zwischenstaatlichen Gegenarstellungs-rechts, in: Das Gegendarstellungsrecht in Europa, ed. by Martin Löffler, Munich 1974, (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Studiengesellschaft für Publizistik ; 11), p. 140 - 149.
Nullity of the substituting administrative contract according to the Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), in: DVBl. 1977, pp. 682 - 690.
Limits of political freedom of expression for members of the armed forces, in: Publizistik, vol. 24, 1979, pp. 504 - 510.
Worldwide direct reception of national television programmes via satellite? Comments on the controversy under international law between freedom of information and state sovereignty, in: Rundfunk u. Fernsehen, vol. 27, 1979, pp. 343 - 347.
The commercialisation of fundamental rights positions of civil protest: the multiplier effect of citizens' initiatives as a subject of private speculation, in: Publizistik, vol. 25, 1980, pp. 290 - 301.
Verrechtlichungsdefizite im Verhältnis kommunaler zu zentraler Politik, in: Verrechtlichung, Rüdiger Voigt (ed.), Königstein/Ts. 1980.
Der Friedensauftrag in der Wehrordnung des Grundgesetzes, in: Unsere Bundeswehr? On the 25th anniversary of a controversial institution, ed. Reiner Steinweg, Frankfurt a.M. 1981, pp. 106 - 133.
Judicial control of scientific journals?, in: Publizistik, vol. 27, 1982, pp. 332 - 339.
Legitimisation losses of parliamentary governments after majority-changing elections, in: Aus Politik u. Zeitgeschichte 1983, B 11, p. 15 - 25.
On the media freedom of scientific journals, in: NJW 1983, H. 21, p. 1172 - 1173.
La prise en compte de l'environnement dans le processus des decisions en vue d'implanter une centrale nucleaire en R.F.A. et la gestion du nucleaire, in: Les centrales nucleaires et l'environ-nement, Lyon 1983, pp. 213 - 222.
Information advantage of the planning administration over the citizen, in: Die Volkszäh-lung, ed. by Jürgen Taeger, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1983, pp. 225 - 230.
Internal pluralism of content as a transition or alternative to external pluralism? Note on the Lower Saxon. Landesrundfunkgesetz, in: Publizistik; vol. 30, 1985, pp. 346 - 358.
Grundlagen des Verwaltungshandelns, in: Niedersächsisches Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht, ed. by Heiko Faber, Frankfurt am Main 1985, pp. 144 - 166.
On the external pluralism of the Berlin Cable Pilot Project Act, in: Die öffentl. Verwaltung Jg. 38, 1985, H. 3, p. 97 - 101.
Diversity of opinion according to the private broadcasting laws of the federal states, in: Kritische Justiz Jg. 18, 1985, pp. 272 - 287.
Functional aspects of the demarcation of the advertising ban for the liberal professions: d. Beisp. d. Wirtschaftsprüfer, in: Zeitschr. für Wirtschaftsrecht Jg. 7, 1986, H. 18, p. 1166 - 1170.
The administrative substitution of external pluralism in the Baden-Württemberg State Media Act, in: Zeitschr. für Urheber- u. Medienrecht, Film u. Recht; Vol. 30, 1986, H. 4, pp. 187 - 193.
Retail trade interests in urban land-use planning in the designation of areas for consumer markets, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 1987, p. 369 - 374.
Distribution of tasks in the dual broadcasting system after the fourth broadcasting judgement, in: Publizistik 32 (1987), p. 422 - 430.
Anchoring environmental protection in the Basic Law. Public hearing of the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on 14 October 1987, in: Zur Sache 2/88, German Bundestag (ed.), 1988.
The balance of information between government, administration and parliament, in: Publi-zistik 33 (1988), pp. 633 - 644.
From environmental protection to environmental law. Steps towards the preservation of the natural foundations of life in current law, in: DVBl. 1989, pp. 693 - 699.
The state's monopoly on the use of force and the right of assembly, in: Auf einem dritten Weg, ed. by Ekkehart Stein, Neuwied [et al.], 1989, pp. 37 - 51.
Mediatised Politics and the Imperative of State Remoteness, in: Medienmacht und Politik, Frank E. Böckelmann (ed.), Berlin 1989, pp. 179 - 184.
Foreigners' voting rights and the legal status of the municipality, in: Kommune - Ausländer - Mitbür-ger? Recht und Alltag von Arbeitsmigranten und Asylbewerbern, ed. by Timan Evers, Hofgeismar 1990, pp. 49 - 70.
Aliens' voting rights and the legal status of the municipality, in: Kritische Justiz 23 (1990), pp. 290 - 302.
International peace as the subject of a constitutional regulation in the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, in: Dokkyo law review 1990, p. 113 - 134.
International law problems of satellite broadcasting, in: Internationales Handbuch für Rund-funk und Fernsehen 1990/91, F 46 - F 54.
From state broadcaster to internal pluralistic conception: The current development of GDR television, in: AKM-Studien 1990, p. 101 - 108.
Broadcasting in the new Federal States. From party to party broadcasting, in: Kritische Justiz 1992, p. 463 - 472.
Missed opportunities? Die Ordnung einer zunächst revolutionären Situation durch das politische Kalkül, in: Aspekte der deutschen und europäischen Medienneuordnung, Dieter Kopetz (ed.), Bochum 1992, pp. 111 - 125.
Statement on the FDP proposal, in: Eisenhart/von Loeper (eds.), Tierschutz ins Grundgesetz. Federal Association of Opponents of Animal Experiments, People for Animal Rights, 1993, p. 48 ff.
Creation of "political freedom" through the political decision of parliaments? - The broadcasting judgement of the Federal Constitutional Court, in: Kritische Justiz, 1/1995, p. 77 ff.
Der Aufgabenwandel der Bundeswehr und die Wehrpflicht, in: 4/3. Fachzeitschrift zu Kriegs-dienstverweigerung, Wehrdienst und Zivildienst 13 (1995), p. 140 - 143.
Instead of state neutrality, party proportionality, on the situation in public broadcasting, in: Poli-tik-Verfassung-Gesellschaft. Traditionslinien und Entwicklungsperspektiven. Festschrift for Otwin Massing on his 60th birthday, Peter Nahamowitz/Stefan Breuer (eds.), Baden-Baden 1995, pp. 321 - 333.
Urheberrechtsschutz von Fotos, Cologne, 1996, 23 pp. (WDR-Ratgeber Recht, Internet offer for "Photokina 96").
Verfassungsrechtliche Hindernisse bei der Entwicklung des Deutschen Telekommunikations-rechts, published in the Department of Economics of the University of Turin, 1996.
The constitutional framework for the socio-ecological year as a compulsory year, in: Kritische Justiz 1996, p. 238 ff.
Notes on the constitutional framework of compulsory military service, in: Auslaufmodell Wehr-pflichtarmee, Evangelische Akademie Thüringen. Central Office for the Law and Protection of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service, Bremen 1996, pp. 8 - 14.
Notes on the constitutional framework of compulsory military service, in: 4/3. journal on conscientious objection, military service and civilian service, 1996, p.152 ff.
Die Verweigerung des Tierschutzes durch den Bonner Verfassungsgeber, in: Verein "Tier-schutz in der Nieders. Verfassung" e.V., documentation on the animal protection congress "Tier-schutz und die Nieders. Constitution" of 22 June 1996 in the Nieders. Landtag zu Hannover, Hannover 1996, p. 16 - 22.
Obstacles juridiques constitutionnels lors de l'evolution du droit des telecommunications, in: The regulation of telecommunications, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie "G. Prato", Turin 1997, pp. 257 - 267.
German Auslandsrundfunk nach der Wiedervereinigung, in: Deutschland im Dialog der Kulturen, Siegfried Quandt/Wolfgang Gast (eds.), with the collaboration of Horst Schichtel, Kon-stanz 1998, pp. 319 - 333.
Freedom of Communication, in: Political Communication in a Democratic Society, Otfried Jarren (ed.), Opladen [et al.] 1998, pp. 670 - 671.
Media Law, in: Political Communication in a Democratic Society, Otfried Jarren (ed.), Opladen [et al.] 1998, p. 683.
Freedom of the Press, in: Political Communication in a Democratic Society, Otfried Jarren (ed.), Opladen [et al.] 1998, pp. 710 - 711.
Constitution, in: Political Communication in a Democratic Society, Otfried Jarren (ed.), Opladen [et al.] 1998, pp. 733 - 734.
Vierte Gewalt, in: Politische Kommunikation in der demokratischen Gesellschaft, Otfried Jarren (ed.), Opladen [et al.] 1998, p. 735.
Censorship, in: Political Communication in a Democratic Society, Otfried Jarren (ed.), Opladen [et al.] 1998, pp. 741 - 742
Individual transport and public transport in comparison, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: Verkehrsinitiativen zum Umweltschutz, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt (eds.), Oldenburg 1999, pp. 11 - 22.
Le cadre constitutionnel de service militaire obligatoire en Allemagne, in: Melanges Patrice Gelard. Droit constitutionnel, Paris 1999, pp. 385 - 393.
Verkehrsberuhigung im Verdichtungsraum, in: Verkehrsinitiativen zum Umweltschutz, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt (eds.), Oldenburg 1999, pp. 237 -247.
Constitutional aspects of the legitimisation of general conscription, in: Pax Christi, Bad Vilbel 2000, p. 19 - 24.
Brief report, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: 4/3 18 (2000), p. 142.
Compulsory military service without military justice, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: Grundrechte-Report 2001, Till Müller-Heidelberg/Ulrich Finckh/Bela Rogalla/Elke Steven (eds.), Reinbek 2001, p. 119 - 125.
Farewell to the licence fee? On the difficulties in dealing with broadcasting financing, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: Die Politik der Massenmedien. Heribert Schatz on the occasion of his 65th birthday, Marcinkowski, Frank (ed.), Cologne 2001, pp. 149 - 165.
Von der Abfallbeseitigung zum Stoffrecht, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: Arbeit - Um-welt. Joachim Heilmann on his 60th birthday, Ahrens, Martin/Donner, Hartwig/Simon, Jürgen (eds.), Baden-Baden 2001, pp. 239 - 246.
Commercial law doctorates and academic appointments, in: Demokratie in Staat und Wirt-schaft. Festschrift for Ekkehart Sein on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 24 September 2002, Heiko Faber/Götz Frank (eds.), Tübingen 2002.
Die zögerliche Annäherung des Bürgers an den Citoyen, in: Einblicke, No. 39, 2004, pp. 14 - 17.
Environmental law after the federalism reform, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: Europa-Verfassung, Arbeit, Umwelt, Joachim Heilmann/Jens Schubert (eds.), Baden-Baden 2007, pp. 53 - 63.
Elections to village committees in the People's Republic of China, in: Die Gemeinde. Constitution, Planning, Economy and the Right of Local Self-Government. Fs. on the 70th birthday of Heiko Faber, Götz Frank/Heinrich-Wilhelm Langrehr (eds.), Tübingen 2007, pp. 149 - 160.
The failed constitutional reform. The constitutional question in a united Germany, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: mut Nr. 501, 2009, 44th vol., pp. 48 - 57.
Online broadcasting. Fee-financed public service broadcasting on the Internet, Götz Frank/Ulrich Meyerholt, in: Medien - Macht - Demokratie. New Perspectives, Lothar Bisky/ Konstanze Kriese/Jürgen Scheele (eds.), Berlin 2009, pp. 366 - 376.
Die Auswirkungen der Föderalismusreform auf das öffentliche Dienstrecht - das neue Spannungsfeld von Solidarität, Kooperation und Wettbewerb zwischen den Länder, Götz Frank/Thomas Heinicke, in: Zeitschr. für Beamtenrecht, 57. Jg., 2009, p. 34 - 39.
Broadcasting organisation law, in: Medienrecht. Lexikon für Wissenschaft und Praxis, Peter Schiwy/Walter J. Schütz/Dieter Dörr (eds.), Neuwied 2010.
La protection constitutionelle des droits fondamentaux en France et en Allemagne: La montée en puissance des juridictions constitutionnelles, Götz Frank/Gilles Lebreton, in: Cross Border Research and Transnational Teaching under the Treaty of Lisbon. Hanse Law School in Perspective, Christine Godt (ed.), Oisterwijk 2013, pp. 99 - 108.
Numerous book reviews on media law and constitutional law in: Publizistik, Rund-funk und Fernsehen, Kritische Justiz, and AÖR
Between 1980 and 1990, regular reports on the conferences of the study group
for press law and press freedom, in: Publizistik
Worked as an expert in the German Bundestag on the anchoring of environmental protection in the Basic Law in 1987 and on the reform of federalism in 2006.
- Association of German Constitutional Law Professors
- German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies
Curriculum vitae
November 1944 | Birth in Wewelsburg near Paderborn |
| 1951-1964 | Primary school and grammar school in Frankfurt am Main |
| March 1964 | Abitur at the humanistic Lessinggymnasium in Frankfurt/M |
| 1964 to 1969 | Law studies in Frankfurt and Kiel |
| September 1969 | First State Examination at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig |
| 1969-1972 | Postgraduate studies in social sciences in Constance |
| June 1972 | Doctorate in law in Constance |
| 1972-1974 | Research assistant at the University of Constance and trainee lawyer |
| July 1974 | Second State Examination at the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart |
| 1974-1978 | Research assistant at the Law Department of the University of Frankfurt |
| 1975-1976 | Interim professorship at the Department of Law II at the University of Hamburg |
| July 1978 | Academic Counsellor at the Department of Law at the University of Hanover |
| June 1979 | Habilitation at the Department of Law at the University of Hanover/grant of the venia legendi for constitutional and administrative law |
| 1979-1980 | Interim professorship at the School of Law at the University of Bonn |
| 1982-1983 | Interim professorship at the Faculty of Law at the University of Frankfurt |
| August 1983 | Adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Hanover |
| 1984 /1985 | Legal representation of the Green Party parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament in the rotation process before the Lower Saxony state court |
| 1985-1988 | Expert witness at the hearings on legislation for private broadcasting in the state parliaments of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Berlin and Baden-Württemberg |
| October 1987 | Expert witness at the public hearing of the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on anchoring environmental protection in the Basic Law |
| 1988 | Interim professorship at the Law School of the University of Münster |
| 1989 | Visiting Professor at the Law School of the University of Rouen |
| January 1990 | Appointment as Professor for the newly created Chair of Public Commercial Law at the Faculty of Economics and Law at the University of Oldenburg |
| 1990-1993 | Development of a double degree programme in Economics and Law between the Universities of Oldenburg, Le Havre and the école superieure de commerce in Brest |
| 1990-2000 | Visiting professorships in Le Havre, Brest, Hanoi, La Coruna and Beijing |
| 1993-1995 | Dean of the Department of Economics and Law at the University of Oldenburg |
| November 1994 | Dr honoris causa at the faculté des affaires internationales of the University of Le Havre |
| 1995-1996 | Head of the structural commission of the Department of Economics and Law, which led to a reorganisation of the teaching areas and Institutes |
| 1997-2000 | Delegate from Oldenburg for the establishment of the Hanse Law School between the Universities of Bremen, Groningen and Le Havre. Subsequently first Hanse Law School Director in Oldenburg |
| 1997-2002 | Director of the Institute for Law |
| 2003-2005 | Head of the Basic Regulations Commission of the University of Oldenburg. One of the aims of the new university charter was to ensure optimum autonomy for the Schools in accordance with the new higher education legislation in the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act of 2002 with a strong Presidential Board |
| 2005 | Expert witness at the hearing on the federalism reform of the Basic Law before the joint commission of the legal committees of the German Bundestag and the German Bundesrat |
| 2007-2009 | Hanse Law School Director in Oldenburg |
| 2011-2013 | Department Director of the Department of Economics and Law and Vice Dean of School II |
| March 2013 | Farewell into retirement |
| Thereafter | Preparation of a German version of my wife Xiaoping Hu's two-volume book on the Cultural Revolution: "Children of the Red Emperor" |