Karl Korinek

Karl Korinek
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	(1940-12-07)7 December 1940 Vienna
Died	9 March 2017(2017-03-09) (aged 76) Vienna
Political party	Austrian People's Party
Children	2
Parents	Franz Korinek (father) Viktoria Korinek (mother)
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.