Klaus Volk

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Klaus Volk
Born (1944-04-29) 29 April 1944 (age 78)
NationalityGerman
Occupationjurist

Klaus Volk (born 29 April 1944) is a German jurist, professor at University of Munich and defense lawyer specialized in commercial-law-related criminal cases.

His doctorate thesis at University of Munich 1970 was about philosophy of law.

Among his clients were Josef Ackermann [1] (see Mannesmann Trial ), Joachim Zahn and Boris Becker. [2]

Volk was critical towards the "security measures" of Wolfgang Schäuble against terrorists. [3]

Notes

  1. Picture of Volk and Ackermann Getty Images
  2. "CNN.com - Becker given suspended jail term - Sep. 25, 2003". Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  3. "The World from Berlin: Is Germany Turning into a Big Brother State?". Der Spiegel. 19 April 2007.


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