Peter Lerche

| birth_place = Leitmeritz, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = German | fields = Constitutional law | workplaces = Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Free University of Berlin | alma_mater = Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | doctoral_advisor = Theodor Maunz | doctoral_students = Andreas Voßkuhle | known_for = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} Peter Lerche (January 12, 1928 – March 14, 2016) was a German jurist. Between 1964 and 1996, he held a chair for constitutional law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research interests also included media law.

Born in Leitmeritz, Sudetenland, Lerche studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, earning his Habilitation in 1958 (thesis: '''', "Exorbitance and constitutional law") under supervision of Theodor Maunz. He accepted a chair at the Free University of Berlin in 1961, before joining the faculty at LMU in 1964. Provided by Wikipedia