Causa Guttenberg [SEP] named after
Guttenberg plagiarism scandal
Guttenberg plagiarism scandal refers to the German political scandal that led to the resignation of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as Minister of Defence of Germany over the plagiarism of his doctoral dissertation. The first accusations of plagiarism in Guttenberg's dissertation were made public in February 2011. Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation, "" ("Constitution and Constitutional Treaty"), had been the basis of his 2007 Doctorate from the University of Bayreuth. Guttenberg at first denied intentional plagiarism, calling the accusations "absurd," but acknowledged
Barschel, carrying on past his mysterious death (late 1980s / early 1990s)
- Amigo affair (Amigo-Affäre), bribe-scandal forcing the Bavarian prime minister Max Streibl to resign in 1993.
- Treuhand (mid-1990s)
- Berlin banking scandal (late 1990s)
- Guido Westerwelle's WikiLeaks controversy (2011)
- Guttenberg plagiarism scandal ("Causa Guttenberg") (2011)
- Causa Wulff (2011)