Do they still have privatdozents in Germany? I remember an article by Hermann Weyl about that system. It was motivated by academic freedom: because the privat

Do they still have privatdozents in Germany? I remember an article by Hermann Weyl about that system. It was motivated by academic freedom: because the privatdozents weren't employees of the State, the government couldn't tell them what to do, and (somehow) the government also couldn't tell the professors who they could appoint as privatdozents. Becoming a privatdozent made you eligible to lecture at the university, so it meant the professors rather than the government were in charge of who was allowed to teach classes. That apparently wouldn't have worked if the privatdozents got any salary. They instead charged tuition directly to the students. But, it doesn't sound like this UCLA slot allows that.