| Peter Lerche | |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Leitmeritz, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality: | German |
| Fields: | Constitutional law |
| Workplaces: | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Free University of Berlin |
| Alma Mater: | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Theodor Maunz |
| Doctoral Students: | Andreas Voßkuhle |
Peter Lerche (January 12, 1928 – March 14, 2016) was a German jurist. Between 1964 and 1996 he held a chair for constitutional law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research interests also included media law.[1]
Born in Leitmeritz, Sudetenland, Lerche studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, earning his Habilitation in 1958 (thesis: German: Übermaß und Verfassungsrecht, "Exorbitance and constitutional law") under supervision of Theodor Maunz. He accepted a chair at the Free University of Berlin in 1961, before joining the faculty at LMU in 1964.