Matthias Mahlmann

Matthias Mahlmann (* 1966 ) is a German law scholar and professor at the University of Zurich .

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Mahlmann studied law and philosophy at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Free University of Berlin . After his first state examination in law in 1994, Mahlmann initially worked in various law firms before completing his legal clerkship at the Berlin Superior Court in 1997, which he completed in 1999 with the second state examination. Of the Free University of Berlin, he was in the same year with the jurisprudential writing rationalism in the practical theory: standard theory and practical skills to Dr. iur. PhD. He then worked as a research assistant and assistant at the Institute for Legal Sociology and Legal Fact Research at the Free University of Berlin. In 2005 he completed his habilitation there for the subjects of public law, legal sociology and legal philosophy.

This was followed by a substitute professorship at Bielefeld University . In the spring semester of 2008, Mahlmann was appointed associate professor for legal theory, legal sociology and international public law at the University of Zurich . Since February 1, 2014 Mahlmann has been a full professor of philosophy and theory of law, legal sociology and international public law at the University of Zurich.

Mahlmann's research focuses primarily on the fundamentals of law, especially fundamental rights and constitutional theory.

Fonts (selection)

• Rationalism in practical theory . Nomos, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 978-3-8329-3507-8 (dissertation).
• Elements of an ethical fundamental rights theory . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-1634-3 (habilitation thesis).
• with Hubert Rottleuthner : Discrimination in Germany: Assumptions and facts . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8329-5578-6 .
• Constitutional options for action in the design of genetic engineering . Dike Verlag, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03751-885-4 .
• Resistant justice. The attack on democracy, the constitutional state and human rights and the social theory of law . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2018, ISBN 978-3-8487-5388-8 .
• Concrete justice . 4th edition. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2019, ISBN 978-3-8487-1760-6 .
• Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory . 5th edition. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2019, ISBN 978-3-8487-5160-0 .

Web links

• Matthias Mahlmann at the University of Zurich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Appeals from December 17, 2008 , accessed June 7, 2020.
2. ↑ From the negotiations of the University Council , accessed on June 7, 2020.