Erich Emminger

Erich Emminger
Minister of Justice
In office 30 November 1923 – 15 April 1924
Chancellor	Wilhelm Marx
Preceded by	Gustav Radbruch
Succeeded by	Curt Joël
Personal details
Born	(1880-06-25)25 June 1880 Eichstätt
Died	30 August 1951(1951-08-30) (aged 71) Munich
Political party	Center BVP

Erich Emminger (25 June 1880 – 30 August 1951) was a German politician. He was member of the Center Party from 1913-1918 and the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) 1920-1933. He served as Minister of Justice in the Weimar Republic from 30 November 1923 to 15 April 1924 under Chancellor Wilhelm Marx.

His tenure as Minister of Justice saw some of the most tumultuous times in the Weimar Republic, including the peak of hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic and the Occupation of the Ruhr, during which the country was ruled by fiat under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution and several enabling acts (in particular the Marxsches Ermächtigungsgesetz of 8 December 1923). One of the laws passed during this time was the so-called Emminger Reform of 4 January 1924 that among other things abolished the jury as trier of fact and replaced it with a mixed system of judges and lay judges in Germany's judiciary which still exists today.