Karl Korinek | |
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| President of the Constitutional Court | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 30 April 2008 | |
| Vice President | Brigitte Bierlein |
| Preceded by | Ludwig Adamovich Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gerhart Holzinger |
| Vice President of the Constitutional Court | |
| In office 1 January 1999 – 31 December 2002 | |
| President | Ludwig Adamovich Jr. |
| Preceded by | Karl Piska |
| Succeeded by | Brigitte Bierlein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1940 Vienna |
| Died | 9 March 2017 (aged 76) Vienna |
| Political party | Austrian People's Party |
| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Karl Korinek (7 December 1940 – 9 March 2017) was an Austrian constitutional scholar and educator. Korinek taught law at the University of Graz, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the University of Vienna, and the University for Continuing Education Krems. In 1978, Korinek was appointed to the Austrian Constitutional Court; he served as the president of the court from 2003 until his retirement in 2008.
Although a member of the Austrian People's Party and an outspoken conservative in private life, Korinek was considered non-partisan in his jurisprudence. He clashed with Wolfgang Schüssel on health care and immigration reform and with Jörg Haider on minority protection matters; he received praise from political opponents for his firm stance on human rights issues in general. Korinek has authored several books and more than 250 scholarly papers. Respected across party boundaries, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential legal scholars in recent Austrian history.