Peter Lerche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Lerche

German jurist

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1928

Place of Birth: Litoměřice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 14-Mar-2016

Profession: professor, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Peter Lerche (January 12, 1928 – March 14, 2016) was a German jurist.
Between 1964 and 1996 he held a chair for constitutional law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
His research interests also included media law.Born in Leitmeritz, Sudetenland, Lerche studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, earning his Habilitation in 1958 (thesis: Übermaß und Verfassungsrecht, "Exorbitance and constitutional law") under supervision of Theodor Maunz.
He accepted a chair at the Free University of Berlin in 1961, before joining the faculty at LMU in 1964.