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[[File:Reinhard Merkel.jpg|thumb|Reinhard Merkel (2011)]]
Dr. '''Reinhard Merkel''' ({{LifeData|birth=1950-04-12|birthplace=Hof (Saale)}}) is a German professor emeritus of criminal law and legal philosophy at the {{UNI|University of Hamburg|UHH}}. From 2012 to 2020 he was a member of the German Ethics Council.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.ethikrat.org/mitglieder/reinhard-merkel/
|title=Lebenslauf Reinhard Merkel
|trans-title=Curriculum vitae Reinhard Merkel
|language=German
|website=Deutscher Ethikrat
|accessdate=2020-04-12
}}</ref>
== [[Circumcision Debate]] ==
In 2012, Merkel opposed the legal provision for [[circumcision]] on underage boys for religious reasons. This is a massive encroachment on the constitutionally protected physical integrity of the child. He sharply criticized the draft law submitted by the Federal Ministry of Justice in an article for the Süddeutsche Zeitung<ref>{{REFnews
|first=Reinhard
|last=Merkel
|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/beschneidungs-debatte-die-haut-eines-anderen-1.1454055
|title=Beschneidungs-Debatte: Die Haut eines Anderen
|trans-title=Circumcision Debate: Another's Skin
|language=German
|website=Süddeutsche.de
|date=2012-08-30
|accessdate=2020-12-21
}}</ref> and in a ZEIT interview.<ref>{{REFnews
|first=Till
|last=Schwarze
|url=http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2012-10/beschneidung-ethikrat-reinhard-merkel/komplettansicht
|title=Beschneidung: <q>Ein kläglicher Gesetzentwurf</q>
|trans-title=Circumcision: <q>A pathetic draft bill</q>
|language=German
|website=ZEIT online
|date=2012-10-01
|accessdate=2020-12-21
}}</ref>
Merkel coined the term "''fall from grace''" for the [[German Circumcision Act]], which the author Tilman Jens, among others, used in his polemic of the same name on the circumcision debate.<ref>{{REFbook
|first=Tilman
|last=Jens
|init=J
|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/3579066323/
|title=Der Sündenfall des Rechtsstaats: Eine Streitschrift zum neuen Religionskampf
|trans-title=The fall from grace of the rule of law: A polemic on the new religious struggle
|language=German
|publisher=Gütersloher Verlagshaus
|date=2013-04-22
|pages=127
|isbn=978-3579066325
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
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Dr. '''Reinhard Merkel''' ({{LifeData|birth=1950-04-12|birthplace=Hof (Saale)}}) is a German professor emeritus of criminal law and legal philosophy at the {{UNI|University of Hamburg|UHH}}. From 2012 to 2020 he was a member of the German Ethics Council.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.ethikrat.org/mitglieder/reinhard-merkel/
|title=Lebenslauf Reinhard Merkel
|trans-title=Curriculum vitae Reinhard Merkel
|language=German
|website=Deutscher Ethikrat
|accessdate=2020-04-12
}}</ref>
== [[Circumcision Debate]] ==
In 2012, Merkel opposed the legal provision for [[circumcision]] on underage boys for religious reasons. This is a massive encroachment on the constitutionally protected physical integrity of the child. He sharply criticized the draft law submitted by the Federal Ministry of Justice in an article for the Süddeutsche Zeitung<ref>{{REFnews
|first=Reinhard
|last=Merkel
|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/beschneidungs-debatte-die-haut-eines-anderen-1.1454055
|title=Beschneidungs-Debatte: Die Haut eines Anderen
|trans-title=Circumcision Debate: Another's Skin
|language=German
|website=Süddeutsche.de
|date=2012-08-30
|accessdate=2020-12-21
}}</ref> and in a ZEIT interview.<ref>{{REFnews
|first=Till
|last=Schwarze
|url=http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2012-10/beschneidung-ethikrat-reinhard-merkel/komplettansicht
|title=Beschneidung: <q>Ein kläglicher Gesetzentwurf</q>
|trans-title=Circumcision: <q>A pathetic draft bill</q>
|language=German
|website=ZEIT online
|date=2012-10-01
|accessdate=2020-12-21
}}</ref>
Merkel coined the term "''fall from grace''" for the [[German Circumcision Act]], which the author Tilman Jens, among others, used in his polemic of the same name on the circumcision debate.<ref>{{REFbook
|first=Tilman
|last=Jens
|init=J
|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/3579066323/
|title=Der Sündenfall des Rechtsstaats: Eine Streitschrift zum neuen Religionskampf
|trans-title=The fall from grace of the rule of law: A polemic on the new religious struggle
|language=German
|publisher=Gütersloher Verlagshaus
|date=2013-04-22
|pages=127
|isbn=978-3579066325
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Merkel, Reinhard}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Attorney]]
[[Category:Germany]]
[[de:{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]