Dietrich Pirson
Dietrich Pirson studied Protestant Theology, and Law in Erlangen, where he received his doctorate from the Faculty of Theology in 1953 and from the Faculty of Law in 1960. After his habilitation in 1963, he taught Public Law and Ecclesiastical Law at the universities of Marburg, Cologne and Munich until his retirement in 1997. His academic work mainly focuses on the history of ecclesiastical law and the relationship between state and church law.
