Johannes Platschek (born 1973 in

Munich, Germany Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

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

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

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of the Roman jurists writings (Gaius, Justinian's Digest). In 1993, he began his legal studies at

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

. 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 Code ...

. 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 (whic ...

, 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 (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

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

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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

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, 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. 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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