Waldemar Hummer

Waldemar Hummer (born July 3, 1942 in Steyr ) is an Austrian lawyer and former professor at the University of Innsbruck .

Life

After graduating from high school, Hummer studied law at the University of Vienna from 1960 . After graduating there, he received his doctorate in 1964 in Vienna. iur. He also obtained his doctorate in 1967 in Vienna. rer. pole. and in 1974 in Salzburg as Dr. phil. From 1967 to 1970 he worked as a legal advisor at the Argentine Embassy in Vienna before taking up a position as a university assistant at the Institute for International Law and International Relations at the University of Linz . There he completed his habilitation in 1978 and received the Venia legendi for the subjects of international law and European law. From then on he headed the department for European law and international development law at the aforementioned institute. From 1982 to 1984 Hummer held a chair at the University of Innsbruck . From 1984 he held the chair for international law, European law and international relations as a full professor, where he taught and researched until his retirement in 2010. During his time in Innsbruck he was, among other things, scientific director of the European Documentation Center and the Center for European Law.

Works (selection)

Hummer researches and publishes primarily on European and other international law as well as international law. One focus is on South and Central American law.

• Revindication of historical territorial titles in Latin America - Bolivia's demand for access to the sea . University Press, Graz 1983.
• with Bruno Simma and Christoph Vedder : 50 cases on European law . 2nd Edition. Florentz, Munich 1985, ISBN 978-3-88259-341-9 .
• Austria and the EEC. Judgment under neutrality law of the possibilities of dynamising the relationship to the EEC . Signum-Verlag, Vienna 1987, ISBN 978-3-85436-051-3 .
• with Karl Zeller: International and European law problems of the South Tyrolean autonomy . Vienna 1988.
• European Parliament and Latin America / Caribbean. Latin America and the Caribbean as the subject of the political work of the European Parliament in the period 1963-1988 . Innsbruck 1989.
• with Gerhard Wagner : Documents and materials on the Council of Europe . VÖAW, Vienna 1990, ISBN 978-3-7001-1731-5 .
• with Michael Schweitzer : Sale of Austria? : Foreigner traffic and EEC . Signum-Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 978-3-85436-093-3 .
• with Michael Schweitzer: Regional planning and land law in Europe. Basic traffic problems in selected EC states and Austria . Signum-Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 978-3-85436-133-6 .
• with Michael Schweitzer: European law. The law of the European Communities (ECSC, EEC, EAG) - with a focus on the EEC . 4th edition. Metzner, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 978-3-472-00468-4 .
• with Michael Schweitzer: Exercise book on European law and international law. Written exams on European law, international law and constitutional references . 4th edition. Florentz, Munich 1994.
• with Friedl Weiss: From GATT '47 to WTO '94. Documents on the old and the new world trade order . Verlag Österreich, Vienna 1997, ISBN 978-3-7890-4817-3 .
• Waldemar Hummer, Markus Frischhut : Derechos Humanos e integración. Protección de los Derechos Humanos en la Comunidad Andina y en la Unión Europea . Quito-Ecuador 2004, Colección Temas.
• with Anton Pelinka : Austria under "EU quarantine". The "Measures of 14" against the Austrian Federal Government from a political science and legal point of view - chronology, commentary, documentation . Linde, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-7073-0351-3 .
• (Arbitration) jurisdiction in the Caribbean. From ad hoc arbitration in CARICOM / CCM to the “Caribbean Court of Justice” in CSME . LIT, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0156-4 .
• The European Union - the unknown being. The EU in 240 pictures . Verlag Österreich, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7046-6205-7 .
• Political science in Austria with special consideration of European politics. Institutional and material framework . StudienVerlag, Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3-7065-5469-5 .
• with Christoph Vedder and Stefan Lorenzmeier: European law in cases. The case law of the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Justice and German and Austrian courts . 6th edition. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2016, ISBN 978-3-8487-1406-3 .

Web links

• Waldemar Hummer at the University of Innsbruck