Andreas Paulus

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name	Andreas Paulus
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nationality	Germany
fields	International law, constitutional law
workplaces	University of Göttingen
Michigan Law School
alma_mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
doctoral_advisor	Bruno Simma
academic_advisors	Georg Nolte
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|name = Andreas Paulus |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = Germany |fields = International law, constitutional law |workplaces = University of Göttingen Michigan Law School |alma_mater = Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |doctoral_advisor = Bruno Simma |academic_advisors = Georg Nolte |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |awards = |signature = |signature_alt = |footnotes = Andreas L. Paulus (born 30 August 1968) is a German jurist who has been serving as a Judge on the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany since 2010. He held the chair of general international law at the University of Göttingen. His research interests include international law, humanitarian law, and constitutional law.

Career

Paulus attended the University of Göttingen, the University of Geneva-affiliated Graduate Institute of International Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and Harvard University. He received his first Staatsexamen in 1994, his second in 1996. In 2000, Paulus completed his doctoral thesis on "Die internationale Gemeinschaft im Völkerrecht" (The International Community in Public International Law) under the supervision of Bruno Simma at the University of Munich. After spending the 2003/04 academic year as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, Paulus finished his Habilitation in Munich, and since 2006 holds a chair at the University of Göttingen.

On February 25, 2010, Paulus was nominated to succeed Hans-Jürgen Papier on the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Since March 2010 he is the successor of Papier.

Paulus was an assistant to Bruno Simma in the LaGrand case.

Currently, he is serving as the substitute member for Germany in the Venice Commission.

Notable decisions

When the Federal Constitutional Court ruled on the institutional set-up of Germany’s public broadcasting corporations in March 2014, Paulus issued a dissenting opinion arguing that it is “necessary that the supervisory bodies are generally free of representatives of the executive in order to emancipate them from state influence.”

Other activities

• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2013)
• Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Minerva Center for Human Rights, Member of the International Advisory Board (since 2010)

Selected publications

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References

References

1. "PROF. DR. ANDREAS L. PAULUS".
2. Sigmund, Thomas. (February 26, 2010). "Richterstelle: FDP nominiert ihren Mann für Karlsruhe". [[Handelsblatt]].
3. (February 26, 2010). "Nachwuchs für Karlsruhe". [[Financial Times Deutschland]].
4. [http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2014/bvg14-026.html Applications for Judicial Review Filed Against the ZDF State Treaty Successful for the Most Part; Judgment of 25 March 2014] {{Webarchive. link. (24 July 2019 [[Federal Constitutional Court]], Press Release No. 26/2014 of 25 March 2014.)
5. [https://www.ip.mpg.de/en/the-institute/boards.html Board of Trustees] [[Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition]].

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