Dr. No Title. No Dr. OK
am 03.08.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. The German law blog world is abuzz in discussion of an analysis by Dr. Wolfgang Zimmerling entitled Zum Anspruch auf Anrede mit dem Doktorgrad, or The right to Being Addressed with the Degree of Doctor.
Dr. Zimmerling explains that the academic degree is not part of the name for purposes of §12 of the Civil Code which controls rights relating to names. Rather, Zimmerling notes that the degree is merely academic and not even a title, although the term doctor is colloquially used as, and frequently said to be, a title. §18(2) of the statute on the framework for universities, Hochschulrahmengesetz, HRG, conclusively leads to that result.
Subject to one important exception, a person with that degree may not insist on being addressed as Dr. SoAndSo. The …
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