List of legal scholars

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The legal scholars are assigned to their last university, college or institute.

Germany

Aachen

RWTH Aachen

FH Aachen

University of Augsburg

Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg

University of Bayreuth

Berlin

Free University of Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

SRH College of Popular Arts

  • Marcel Bisges (* 1980), civil law, copyright and media law, event law

Bielefeld University

Ruhr-University Bochum

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Technical University of Braunschweig

  • Edmund Brandt , constitutional and administrative law as well as administrative sciences, environmental law, energy law, mobility law, state organization and financial constitution law

University of Bremen

Chemnitz University of Technology

  • Dagmar Gesmann-Nuissl, private law and intellectual property law
  • Ludwig Gramlich , Public Law and Public Commercial Law
  • Stefan Korte, Public Law and Public Commercial Law
  • Matthias Niedobitek, European law
  • Claus Scholl (1945–2015), civil law, commercial, corporate and economic law

Darmstadt

Darmstadt College

  • Lenze, Anne (* 1959), Family, Youth Welfare and Social Law

Darmstadt University of Technology

Technical University Dresden

Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf

University of Erfurt

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Frankfurt am Main

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Frankfurt am Main

European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

  • Peine, Franz-Joseph (* 1946), Public Law
  • Sinn, Arndt , German and International Criminal Law, Commercial Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and European Law (until 3/2008)

Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg

Zeppelin University , Friedrichshafen

  • Wilms, Heinrich (1959–2010), Public Law, Legal Philosophy, and Media Law

Justus-Liebig university of Giessen

Georg-August-University Goettingen

Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald

FernUniversität in Hagen

Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

Hamburg

University of Hamburg

Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg

  • Basedow, Jürgen (* 1949), international private law, European private and commercial law, in particular competition law, transport and traffic law, insurance law
  • Drobnig, Ulrich (* 1928; retired)
  • Hopt, Klaus J. (* 1940), German and European company, capital market, commercial, banking and business law
  • Mestmäcker, Ernst-Joachim (* 1926), German, European and international business law (retired)
  • Zimmermann, Reinhard (* 1952), Law of Obligations from a Historical and Comparative Perspective, Mixed Legal Systems, European Standardization of Private Law

Bucerius Law School Hamburg

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover

Emeriti

Harz University of Applied Sciences

Willingmann, Armin (* 1963), civil and commercial law

Heidelberg University

German Graduate School of Management and Law Heilbronn

  • Deister, Jochen (* unknown), German and international business law, information and communication law

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

University of Kassel

Christian Albrechts University in Kiel

Karlsruher Institute for Technology

Cologne

University of Cologne

German Sport University Cologne

University of Konstanz

  • Armgardt, Matthias (* 1968), Civil Law, Ancient Legal History, Roman Law and Modern History of Private Law
  • Boecken, Winfried (* 1955), Civil Law, Labor Law and Social Security Law
  • Brohm, Winfried (1932–2012), judge at the VGH BW a. D., Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Economic and Planning Law, Administrative Science (emeritus)
  • Damrau, Jürgen (* 1937), judge at the regional court a. D., Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, International Private Law, Modern History of German Private Law (emeritus)
  • Ebenroth, Carsten Thomas (1943–2013), civil law, commercial law and business law, international private law and comparative law (retired)
  • Eisele, Jörg , European criminal law and criminal procedure law, legal informatics and out-of-court conflict resolution
  • Fehrenbacher, Oliver (* 1968), civil law, personal and corporate tax law
  • Fezer, Karl-Heinz (* 1946), Civil Law, Law of the Economic System and Law of International Economic Relations
  • Glöckner, Jochen , civil law, commercial and company law, business law and comparative law
  • Hailbronner, Kay , Public Law, European Law and International Law (retired)
  • Hausmann, Rainer , civil law, international private and procedural law, comparative law (retired)
  • Heinz, Wolfgang (* 1942), Criminology and Criminal Law (retired)
  • Ibler, Martin (* 1955), public law, especially administrative law
  • Koch, Jens (* 1971), civil law, German and European commercial, corporate and economic law
  • Leibinger, Rudolf (retired)
  • Lorenz, Dieter (* 1938), judge at the administrative court BW a. D .; Constitutional law, administrative law, general legal theory (emeritus)
  • Maurer, Hartmut (* 1931), Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Canon Law (retired)
  • Rengier, Rudolf (* 1948), Criminal Law and Related Areas
  • Röhl, Hans Christian (* 1964), Constitutional and Administrative Law, European Law and Comparative Law
  • Rüthers, Bernd (* 1930), labor law, legal philosophy, legal methodology, recent legal history (retired)
  • Schönberger, Christoph (* 1966), Public Law, European Law, Comparative Political Science and Constitutional History
  • Stadler, Astrid (* 1959), Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law, Comparative Law, International Private Law
  • Stein, Ekkehart (1932–2008), Public Law, Constitutional Law
  • Strätz, Hans Wolfgang (* 1939), German Legal History, Canon Law and Civil Law (retired)
  • Theile, Hans (* 1971), Criminology, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Commercial Criminal Law
  • Thym, Daniel (* 1973), Public Law, European Law and International Law
  • Wilhelmi, Rüdiger (* 1968), civil law, commercial, corporate and economic law and comparative law
  • Wörner, Liane (* 1975), Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Comparative Criminal Law, Medical Criminal Law and Legal Theory

University of Leipzig

Leuphana University of Lüneburg

University of Public Administration and Finance Ludwigsburg

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

University of Mannheim

  • Bitter, Georg (* 1968), civil law, banking and capital market law, insolvency law
  • Brand, Oliver (* 1974), Civil Law, Private Insurance Law, Business Law and Comparative Law
  • Kainer, Friedemann (* 1973), civil law, German and European business and labor law
  • Lorenz, Egon (1934–2019), Civil Law, International Private Law and Insurance Law
  • Klass, Nadine (* 1975), Intellectual Property and Civil Procedure Law
  • Kuhlen, Lothar (* 1950), criminal law and criminology, commercial and environmental criminal law
  • Müller-Terpitz, Ralf (* 1967), Public Law, Law of Economic Regulation and Media
  • Puhl, Thomas (* 1955), public law, finance and tax law, public business law and media law
  • Roellecke, Gerd (1927–2011), Public Law and Legal Philosophy
  • Schäfer, Carsten (* 1964), civil law, commercial and company law
  • Schenke, Wolf-Rüdiger (* 1941), Public Law
  • Schneider, Anne (* 1983), German, European and International Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Commercial Criminal Law
  • Taupitz, Jochen (* 1953), civil law, civil procedure law, international private law and comparative law

Philipps University of Marburg

  • Backhaus, Ralph (* 1950), Civil Law, Legal History
  • Bock, Stefanie, criminal law, criminal procedure law, international criminal law and comparative law
  • Böhm, Monika (* 1960), Public Law, European Law
  • Budzikiewicz, Christine, Civil Law, International and European Private Law and Comparative Law
  • Detterbeck, Steffen (* 1956), Public Law
  • Freund, Georg (* 1956), Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Legal Philosophy
  • Görg, Hubert (1903–1991), Constitutional, Administrative, Church and International Law
  • Gounalakis, Georgios (* 1958), Civil Law, International Private Law, Comparative Law and Media Law
  • Helms, Tobias (* 1968), Civil Law, International Private Law and Comparative Law
  • Horn, Hans-Detlef (* 1960), Public Law
  • Kling, Michael , civil law, commercial and business law, European law and industrial property law
  • Klöhn, Lars (* 1976), Civil Law
  • Mand, Elmar (* 1973), junior professor for civil law and health law
  • Menkhaus, Heinrich (* 1955), Japanese Law
  • Meier, Sonja , Civil Law and European Legal History
  • Möslein, Florian, civil law, German and European business law
  • Müller-Franken, Sebastian , Public Law
  • Omlor, Sebastian (* 1981), civil law, commercial and economic law, banking law and comparative law
  • Puschke, Jens, criminal law, criminal procedure law, criminology and medical criminal law
  • Rössner, Dieter (* 1945), Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Roth, Markus (* 1968), Civil Law and Labor Law
  • Gornig, Gilbert (* 1950), Public Law, International Law and European Law
  • Safferling, Christoph (* 1971), Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, International Criminal Law and International Law
  • Schanze, Erich (* 1942), civil law
  • Simon, Sven (* 1978), international law and European law
  • Breach of values, Johannes (* 1960), civil law
  • Willems Constantin (* 1984), Civil Law, Roman Law
  • Voit, Wolfgang (* 1961), Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law

Munich

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Technical University of Munich

University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich

Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster

University of Osnabrück

  • Achenbach, Hans (* 1941), Formerly criminal law and criminal procedural law, commercial and tax criminal law (retired)
  • Ahrens, Hans-Jürgen , Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, German and International Civil Procedure Law
  • Cancik, Pascale , Public Law, History of European Public Law, and Administrative Sciences
  • Devetzi, Stamatia , Public Law and European Social Law
  • Dörr, Oliver (* 1964), Public Law, European Law, International Law and Comparative Law
  • Foerste, Ulrich , Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law
  • Fuchs, Andreas , civil law, commercial and company law, German, European and international business law, comparative law
  • Groß, Thomas (* 1964), Public Law, European Law and Comparative Law
  • Gursky, Karl-Heinz , Former civil law, commercial and economic law (retired)
  • Ipsen, Jörn (* 1944), Public Law
  • Jochum, Heike (* 1968), finance and tax law
  • Krack, Ralf (* 1966), Criminal Law, Commercial Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law
  • Lampert, Steffen (* 1979), Public Law and International Tax Law
  • Mössner, Jörg Manfred , Public Law, Tax Law and Legal Informatics (retired)
  • Rengeling, Hans-Werner (* 1938), Former European Public Law and Comparative Law (retired)
  • Schall, Hero (* 1942), formerly criminal law and secondary criminal law areas (retired)
  • Schmitz, Roland , criminal law and commercial criminal law
  • Schulte-Nölke, Hans (* 1963), Civil Law, European Private and Business Law, Comparative Law and European Legal History
  • Sinn, Arndt (* 1971), German and European Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, International Criminal Law and Comparative Criminal Law
  • von Bar, Christian (* 1952), Civil Law, European Private Law, International Private Law and Comparative Law
  • Voß, Wulf Eckart (* 1945), Former legal history and civil law (retired)
  • Weber, Albrecht (* 1945), Former Public Law (retired)
  • Zoll, Fryderyk (* 1970), Polish private law

University of Passau

  • Altmeppen, Holger (* 1957), Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law I
  • Bayreuther, Frank , Civil Law and Labor Law
  • Bethge, Herbert (* 1939), Constitutional and Administrative Law, Commercial Administrative Law and Media Law (until 2007)
  • Beulke, Werner (* 1945), Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Criminology
  • Braun, Johann (* 1946), Civil Procedure Law, Civil Law and Legal Philosophy
  • Dederer, Hans-Georg (* 1967), Constitutional and Administrative Law, International Law, European and International Business Law
  • Engländer, Armin (* 1969), Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law
  • Esser, Robert (* 1970), German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law and Commercial Criminal Law
  • Haffke, Bernhard (* 1943), Criminal Law (until 2008)
  • Hau, Wolfgang (* 1968), Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and International Private Law
  • Heckmann, Dirk (* 1960), Public Law, Security Law and Internet Law
  • Herrmann, Christoph (* 1973), Constitutional and Administrative Law, European Law, European and International Business Law
  • Hornung, Gerrit (* 1976), Public Law, Information Technology Law and Legal Informatics
  • Kopp, Ferdinand O. (1932–1995), Public Law
  • Kramer, Urs (* 1971), Public Law
  • Kuhn, Tomas (* 1971), civil law
  • Manthe, Ulrich (* 1947), Civil Law and Roman Law
  • Müller-Terpitz, Ralf (* 1967), constitutional and administrative law as well as economic administration, media and information law
  • Müßig, Ulrike (* 1968), Civil Law and German and European Legal History
  • Musielak, Hans-Joachim (* 1933), Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law (until 2002)
  • Poelzig, Dörte (* 1978), civil law, German and international business law
  • Putzke, Holm (* 1973), criminal law
  • Schweitzer, Michael (* 1943), Constitutional and Administrative Law, European Law and International Law (until 2008)
  • Seewald, Ottfried (* 1942), Constitutional and Administrative Law, especially Social Law (until 2008)
  • Solomon, Dennis (* 1966), Civil Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law
  • Wernsmann, Rainer (* 1969), Constitutional and administrative law, in particular finance and tax law
  • Wilhelm, Jan (* 1942), Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law II (until 2010)

University of Potsdam

University of Regensburg

Rostock University

  • Czybulka, Detlef (* 1944), constitutional and administrative law, environmental law and public commercial law
  • Erbguth, Wilfried (* 1949), public law with special consideration of administrative law
  • Fahl, Christian (* 1967), Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Legal Philosophy
  • Gersdorf, Hubertus (* 1962), communication law in connection with public law
  • Glöckner, Hans Peter (* 1954), legal history
  • Hardtung, Bernhard (* 1961), criminal law, criminal procedural law and secondary areas of criminal law
  • Hucke, Anja (* 1967), civil law, commercial and company law, German and European economic and corporate law
  • Koch, Harald (* 1943), Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law, Comparative Law and International Private Law
  • March, Wolfgang (* 1955), Public Law and Constitutional History
  • Plog, Jobst (* 1941), honorary professor for communication law
  • Schütz, Hans-Joachim (* 1948), public law, European law, international law and international relations
  • Tonner, Klaus (* 1947), Civil Law and European Law
  • Wiedemann, Gerhard (* 1949), honorary professor for German, European and international competition law
  • Mohrenfels, Peter Winkler von (* 1943), civil law, labor law, international private law and comparative law

Saarland University Saarbrücken

University of Siegen

German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer

  • Arnim, Hans Herbert von (* 1939), public law, especially local law and budget law, and constitutional theory
  • Blümel, Willi (1929–2015), public law, in particular general and special administrative law
  • Bohne, Eberhard (* 1944), administrative science, politics and law in the field of environment and energy
  • Herzog, Roman (1934–2017), Staatslehre und Politik
  • Hill, Hermann (* 1951), Administrative Science and Public Law
  • König, Klaus (* 1934), Public Administration, Government Studies and Public Law
  • Magiera, Siegfried , Public Law (in particular international and European law; Jean Monnet European law)
  • Martini, Mario Administrative Science
  • Merten, Detlef (* 1937), public law, in particular business administration law and social law
  • Pitschas, Rainer (* 1944), Public Administration, Development Policy and Public Law
  • Quaritsch, Helmut (1930–2011), Constitutional Law and Political Science
  • Schreckberger, Waldemar (1929–2017), Philosophy of Law, Legal Policy and Legislative Science
  • Siedentopf, Heinrich (1938–2014), Comparative Administration and Public Law
  • Sommermann, Karl-Peter (* 1956), Public Law, Political Science and Comparative Law
  • Stelkens, Ulrich (* 1967), Public Law, in particular the law of multilevel relationships and norm-setting theory
  • Wieland, Joachim (* 1951), Public Law, Finance and Tax Law
  • Weiss, Wolfgang Public Law, in particular European and International Law
  • Ziekow, Jan (* 1960), public law, especially general and special administrative law

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

University of Trier

  • Arnold, Arnd (* 1971), Civil Law, Business Law and Tax Law
  • Birk, Rolf (* 1938), civil law, labor law, international private law (retired)
  • Bülow, Peter (* 1941), civil law, commercial law, German and European business law with tax law (retired)
  • Burmester, Gabriele (* 1947), tax law (retired)
  • Dorn, Franz (* 1954), Civil Law and German Legal History
  • Eckardt, Diederich (* 1961), Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law
  • Ehmann, Horst (* 1935), civil law and labor law (retired)
  • Hebeler, Timo (* 1974), Public Law
  • Hendler, Reinhard (* 1947), public law, especially environmental law (retired)
  • Hoffmann, Bernd von (1941–2011), civil law, especially international private law and comparative law
  • Hofmann, Ekkehard (* 1966), public law, especially environmental law
  • Kleinschmidt, Jens (* 1975), civil law, in particular international private and procedural law and comparative law
  • Krause, Peter (* 1936), Constitutional and Administrative Law and Social Law (retired)
  • Krey, Volker (* 1940), Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law including Legal Methodology (Retired)
  • Kühne, Hans-Heiner (* 1943), German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Criminology (retired)
  • Lindacher, Walter F. (* 1937), civil law, commercial and economic law, civil procedural law and comparative law (retired)
  • Marburger, Peter (1940–2018), Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law and Civil Procedure Law
  • Müller, Hans-Friedrich (* 1964), civil law, commercial and economic law
  • Raab, Thomas (* 1961), Civil law and labor law including procedural law
  • Raue, Benjamin (* 1982), Civil Law, in particular Information Society Law and Intellectual Property Law
  • Reiff, Peter (* 1957), civil law, commercial and corporate law, private insurance law
  • Reinhardt, Michael (* 1961), Public Law
  • Robbers, Gerhard (* 1950), Public Law, Canon Law, Philosophy of the State and Constitutional History (retired)
  • Rüfner, Thomas (* 1971), Civil Law, Roman Law, Modern History of Private Law and German and International Civil Procedure Law
  • Schlachter, Monika (* 1957), International and European Labor Law and Civil Law
  • Schröder, Meinhard (* 1942), public law, especially foreign public law, international law and European law (retired)
  • Tappe, Henning (* 1975), public law, German and international finance and tax law
  • Ungern-Sternberg, Antje von (* 1974), German and foreign public law, state church law and international law
  • Wieling, Hans Josef (1935–2018), Roman Law, Civil Law, Modern Private Law History
  • Zimmermann, Till (* 1979), Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, including European and international references
  • Zöller, Mark A. (* 1973), German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law as well as Commercial Criminal Law

EBS University for Economics and Law , Wiesbaden

  • Florstedt, Tim , civil law, commercial and business law and banking law
  • Nietsch, Michael , civil law, corporate law and capital market law
  • Ogorek, Markus , Constitutional and Administrative Law, Private and Public Commercial Law
  • Steinberg, Georg , Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Commercial and Tax Criminal Law
  • Weller, Matthias , Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law, and Private International Law
  • Will, Martin , Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, European Law, New Technology Law and Legal History

Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg

University of Wuppertal

University of Zittau / Görlitz

  • Hahn, Erik , civil law, medical law, real estate law, business law
  • Kaspar, Michael Wolfgang, civil law, commercial law, labor law

Austria

Karl Franzens University Graz

Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck


Vienna

University of Vienna

University of Economy Vienna

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University of Applied Arts Vienna

Switzerland

University of Basel

Public law (as well as international law and European law) and public procedural law

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

Private law and civil procedure law

University of Bern

University of Freiburg

University of Geneva

University of Lucerne

University of St. Gallen

  • Fassbender, Bardo, international law, European law and public law
  • Gschwend, Lukas , Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Criminology
  • Killias, Martin , Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, and Criminology
  • Kley, Roland , political science with a special focus on international relations
  • Kokott, Juliane , international law, international business law and European law
  • Sester, Peter , International Business Law and Law and Economics
  • van Aaken, Anne , Law and Economics, Legal Theory, International and European Law

University of Zurich

→ See the list of professors at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich

Rest of Europe

Belgium

Antwerp University

Ghent University

  • Albéric Rolin (1843–1937), criminal law and criminal procedural law, international private law
  • Charles De Visscher (1884–1973), Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Private International Law

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Italy

University of Bologna

European University Institute

Lithuania

Kaunas

Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas
Kaunas University of Technology

Vilnius

Vilnius University

Appointments to the ECJ :

Mykolas Romer University Vilnius
Gediminas Technical University Vilnius

General J. Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

International University of Law and Economics

Spain

Universidad de Deusto

United Kingdom

Oxford University

Other continents

Ethiopia

Harar

Japan

Ryūkoku University of Kyoto

Tokyo

Dokkyō University Tokyo
Chūō University Tokyo

United States

University of California, Berkeley

Harvard University

Columbia University , New York

Stanford University