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Gustav Radbruch (b. Nov 21 1878, Lübeck; d. Nov 23 1949, Heidelberg) was a German law professor, most famous for Radbruch'sche Formel (Radbruch's formula) which states that where statutory law is intolerably incompatible with the requirements of justice, statutory law must be disregarded in justice's favour. He developed this principle in response to the Nazi era, and the principle has been accepted by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court in a variety of cases.

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	<b>Gustav Radbruch</b> (1878-1949) was a German law professor, most famous for ''Radbruch'sche Formel'' (Radbruch's formula) which states that where statutory law is intolerably incompatible with the requirements of justice, statutory law must be disregarded in justice's favour. He developed this principle in response to the Nazi era, and the principle has been accepted by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court in a variety of cases.		<b>Gustav Radbruch</b> (b. Nov 21 1878, Lübeck; d. Nov 23 1949, Heidelberg) was a German law professor, most famous for ''Radbruch'sche Formel'' (Radbruch's formula) which states that where statutory law is intolerably incompatible with the requirements of justice, statutory law must be disregarded in justice's favour. He developed this principle in response to the Nazi era, and the principle has been accepted by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court in a variety of cases.