Klaus Volk Explained

Klaus Volk
Birth Date:	29 April 1944
Birth Place:	Coburg
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	jurist

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. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2907899?esource=life_license Picture of Volk and Ackermann
2. Web site: CNN.com - Becker given suspended jail term - Sep. 25, 2003 . 2009-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080210055812/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/24/germany.becker/index.html . 2008-02-10 .
3. News: The World from Berlin: Is Germany Turning into a Big Brother State?. Der Spiegel. 19 April 2007.

External links

• • "The principles of criminal procedure and post-modern society: contradictions and perspectives" . Paper delivered at the International Society for the reform of Criminal Law in the Hague, Netherlands, 2003.