User:SoWhy/drafts/Otto Liebmann (jurist)

Otto Liebmann (1865-1942) was a prominent German Jewish jurist and publicist of the Weimar Republic era. He first published a series of abbreviated commentary books on German Law ("Kurzkommentare"), including the Grüneberg (formerly Palandt), the most recognizable and cited commentary on the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch. Forced to sell his publishing house in 1933, he died penniless in 1942 and his name has largely been forgotten.

In recent years, there has been a growing movement among German jurists that asks the Palandt to be renamed due to Otto Palandt's involvement with the Nazi Regime, with some commentators suggesting using Liebmann's name instead. After years of public pressure, the C.H. Beck publishing house did agree to rename the commentary but chose the rename it after its current editor, Christian Grüneberg, instead of Liebmann.