doctoral_advisor death_place death_date children birth_place nationality fields birth_date spouse doctoral_students article_title name alma_mater
emil seckel davis , california 14 september 1968 wolfgang 1912 -- 1981 -rrb- -lrb- 1910 - 2001 -rrb- , brigitte -lrb- berlin , prussia german american history of law 23 december 1881 zerline wolff 1909 wolfgang kunkel ernst levy -lrb- jurist -rrb-
 ernst levy humboldt university of berlin
ernst levy -lrb- jurist -rrb-

ernst levy -lrb- 23 december 1881 -- 14 september 1968 -rrb- was a german american legal scholar and historian of law .
he was a professor of roman law at the goethe university frankfurt -lrb- 1919 -- 1928 -rrb- and the university of heidelberg -lrb- 1928 -- 1935 -rrb- .
being jewish , he was forced to retire in 1935 , and decided to emigrate from nazi germany to the united states .
at the university of washington , he was a professor of law and history from 1937 to 1952 .
born in berlin , levy studied law at the university of freiburg and the humboldt university of berlin , earning his doctorate under emil seckel in 1906 .
he briefly worked at the amtsgericht in oranienburg , and served in world war i , before earning a professorship in frankfurt .
due to the nuremberg laws he had to retire in 1935 , and then moved to the united states .
