Constitutional Adjudication: Common Themes and Challenges : Common Themes and Challenges

This volume compares European constitutional jurisdiction in the European legal space. It examines the structures of the organisation, the appointment of judges, the procedures and the methods of argumentation and interpretation, their impact on state and society, their legitimacy, and their role in the division of powers.

Armin von Bogdandy, Director, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law,Huber Peter M., Justice, German Federal Constitutional Court,Christoph Grabenwarter, President, Austrian Constitutional Court

Armin von Bogdandy is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and Professor for Public Law at the University in Frankfurt/Main. He graduated in law and philosophy before obtaining a Ph.D. in Freiburg (1988) and qualifying as a professor at the FU Berlin (1996). He has been President of the OECD Nuclear Energy Tribunal as well as a member of the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) and the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Professor von Bogdandy received a Dr. h.c. from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina (2020), the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Ungarn (2020), and the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina (2017). He specializes in the general features of public law, with a focus on its structural changes, be they theoretical, doctrinal, or practical.

Peter M. Huber is Justice of the German Federal Constitutional Court and full Professor for Public Law and State Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU). Following his studies at the LMU and the University of Geneva he graduated in law (1984), obtained a Ph.D. (1987), and habilitated at the LMU (1991). He previously held, among others, the Chair for Constitutional and Administrative Law, European law, Public Commercial and Environmental Law at the University of Jena (1992-2001), where he also served as dean (1994-1996). Professor Huber served numerous public offices and functions, including being a judge at the Thuringian Higher Administrative Court (1996-2002), a member of the State Court of Bremen (2007-2009), and Minister of the Interior of the Free State of Thuringia (2009-2010).

Christoph Grabenwarter is the President of the Austrian Constitutional Court and full Professor for Public Law, Business Law, and International Law at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU). Following his studies at the University of Vienna (1984-1989), he graduated in law (1988) and economics (1989) and obtained a Ph.D. in both disciplines (1991, 1994). In 2002, he accepted an appointment to the Chair of Comparative and European Public Law and Business Law at the University of Graz. He has held the Chair of Public Law, Business Law, and International Law at the Institute for European and International Law (WU) since 2006. In addition, Professor Grabenwarter has been an Ad Hoc Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (2002-2005); the President of the Austrian Jurists' Forum (since 2015); and Austrian Member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe since 2006 (and its Vice-President from 2015 to 2017).