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Gustav Radbruch

Gustav Radbruch
Reich Minister of Justice
In office
13 August 1923 – 23 November 1923
ChancellorGustav Stresemann
Preceded byRudolf Heinze
Succeeded byErich Emminger
In office
26 October 1921 – 22 November 1922
ChancellorJoseph Wirth
Preceded byEugen Schiffer
Succeeded byRudolf Heinze
Member of the Reichstag
In office
24 June 1920 – 13 March 1924
ConstituencyNational list
Personal details
Born(1878-11-21)21 November 1878
Free City of Lübeck, German Empire
Died23 November 1949(1949-11-23) (aged 71)
Heidelberg, Württemberg-Baden, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
University of Heidelberg
ProfessionLawyer, legal philosopher

Gustav Radbruch (21 November 1878 – 23 November 1949) was a German legal scholar and politician. He served as Minister of Justice of Germany during the early Weimar period. Radbruch is also regarded as one of the most influential legal philosophers of the 20th century.


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