Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg the 39 year old German Defense Minister and member of the Christian Social Union (CSU) I have to stand by my weaknesses and mistakes (March 5 2011)

Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg the 39 year old German Defense Minister and member of the Christian Social Union (CSU) resigned from all public offices stating that he hoped that the state prosecutor would soon take up the case against him for breach of copyright law. Guttenberg had been awarded a doctorate in law with a dissertation on the development of constitutional law in both the United States and the European Union. Guttenberg had copied numerous unattributed passages from newspaper articles, speeches and term papers for his dissertation, resulting in the University of Bayreuth revoking his doctoral degree citing “extensive violations” of doctorate regulations by the omission of source citations, following German scientific community outrage with over 51,000 doctoral students and researchers signing an open letter.

 

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