Publications

• Traditions and Transformations: The Rise of German Constitutionalism, Oxford University Press, 2015 (Dissertation).

  • Review: Florian Meinel, The Constitutional Miracle on the Rhine: Towards a history of West German constitutionalism and the Federal Constitutional Court (Review Essay), International Journal of Constitutional Law 14,1 (2016), pp. 277 ff.
     
  • Short reviews:
     
    • Joseph Weiler, Ten Good Reads, European Journal of International Law Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 1–2 (2016);
       
    • Alexandra Kemmerer, Warum die Welt nach Karlruhe blickt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 06.07.2016. 

• Symposium: Ely in the World: The Global Legacy of Democracy and Distrust 40 Years On, with Rosalind Dixon, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 19- 2, 2021.

• Combatting malfunction or optimizing democracy? Lessons from Germany for a comparative political process theory, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Band 19:2 (2021), pp. 495 ff. 

• Constructing the Global Constitutional Canon: Between Authority and Criticism, University of Toronto Law Journal, Band 69:2 (2019), pp. 248 ff. 

• Transformative Constitutionalism: Not only in the Global South, American Journal of Comparative Law, Band 65:3 (2017), pp. 527 ff.

• Decolonizing Eastern Europe: A global perspective on 1989 and the world it made, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Band 17:2 (2019), pp. 497 ff. (with James Fowkes).

• Overcoming Obstacles to North-South dialogue: Transformative Constitutionalism and the Fight against Poverty and Institutional Failure, World Comparative Law/ VRU 3 (2016), pp. 253 ff. 

• Laws in Conflict. The Relationship between Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Human Rights Law Journal 16:2 (2016), pp. 339 ff. 

• Rethinking the Rise of the German Constitutional Court: From Anti-Nazism to Value Formalism, International Journal of Constitutional Law 12:3 (2014), pp. 626 ff. 

• We the Experts. Die geschlossene Gesellschaft der Verfassungsinterpreten, Der Staat 53:3 (2014), pp. 425 ff. 

• The European Court of Justice and Citizenship of the European Union: New Developments towards a Truly Fundamental Status, Vienna Journal of International Constitutional Law 5:4 (2011), pp. 498 ff. (with Sara Sanchez Iglesias). 

• Ely in the World: The Global Legacy of Democracy and Distrust 40 Years On (Introduction Symposium), International Journal of Constitutional Law 19:2 (2021), pp. 427 ff. (with Rosalind Dixon).

• Political Process Review: Beyond Distrust, International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON Debate Section) 18(4) (2021), pp. 1458 ff. 

• A view from Western Europe, in: Conrado Hübner-Mendes, Roberto Gargarella & Sebastián Guidi (Hrsg.), Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Latin America, Oxford University Press 2022, pp. 886 ff.

• Order in Diversity, Political Parties and Social Movements in the European Union and India, in: Philipp Dann & Arun Thiruvengadam (eds.), Democracy in Diversity – Democratic Constitutionalism in India and the European Union, Elgar, 2021, pp. 162 ff. (with Naveen Thayyil).

• Yes We Can! Mehr Rechtsvergleichung wagen, in: Sebastian Bretthauer et al. (eds.), Wandlungen im Öffentlichen Recht: Festschrift zu 60 Jahren Assistententagung, Nomos 2020, pp. 409 ff.

• Verfassung als Programm: Das Bundesverfassungsgericht und die Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit des Globalen Südens, in: Florian Meinel (ed.), Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in der Bonner Republik, Mohr Siebeck 2019, pp. 411 ff.

• Kanon, Verfassung, Steuerung: Ein Einwurf zur Bedeutung von Martin Drath, in: Nikolaus Marsch, Laura Münkler & Thomas Wischmeyer (eds.), Apokryphe Schriften. Rezeption und Vergessen in der Wissenschaft vom Öffentlichen Recht, Mohr Siebeck 2019, pp. 191 ff.

• All Same-Sex Marriage is not the Same: Obergefell from a Comparative Perspective, in: Anna-Bettina Kaiser, Niels Petersen & Johannes Saurer (eds.), The U.S. Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutional Law: The Obama Era and Its Legacy, Nomos 2018, pp. 133 ff.

• Beyond Legitimacy: Europe’s Crisis of Constitutional Democracy, in: Mark Graber, Sandy Levinson & Mark Tushnet (eds.), Constitutional Democracy in Crisis, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 277 ff.

• German Federal Constitutional Court, in: Andras Jakab, Arthur Dyevre & Giulio Itzcovich (eds.), Comparative Constitutional Reasoning, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 323 ff. (with Stefan Martini).

• Constitutional Legitimacy and the Separation of Powers in Africa: Looking forward, in: Charles Fombad (Hrsg.), Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law, Band 1: The Separation of Powers, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 385 ff.

• Wer hat Angst vorm Kollektiv? Deutsche Erscheinungen von Kollektivität im internationalen Vergleich, in: Junge Wissenschaft im öffentlichen Recht e. V. (eds.), Kollektivität – Öffentliches Recht zwischen Gruppeninteressen und Gemeinwohl, 52. Assistententagung Öffentliches Recht, Nomos, 2012, pp. 51 ff.

• Zuviel Vertrauen, zu wenig Kritik? Das Bundesverfassungsgericht im parlamentarischen Diskurs, in: Georg Jochum, Wolfgang Fritzemeyer & Marcel Kau (eds.), Crossing Frontiers. Festschrift für Kay Hailbronner, Nomos, 2013, pp. 713 ff.

• Courts as the Nation’s Conscience: Empirically testing the intuitions behind the ethicalization of law, in: Silja Vöneky et al. (eds.), Ethics and Law – The Ethicalization of Law, Springer, 2013, pp. 395 ff. (with James Fowkes).

• Die Justiziabiliät des Subsidiaritätsprinzips im Lichte der Subsidiaritätsprotokolle, in: Ingolf Pernice (eds.), Der Vertrag von Lissabon, Reform der EU ohne Verfassung?, Nomos, 2008, pp. 135 ff.

• Verfassungsmäßigkeit einer Impfpflicht: Plädoyer für eine prozedurale Perspektive, Verfassungsblog 5. 12. 2021. 

• Zum Glück der Vereinigten Staaten, Verfassungsblog 21. 1. 2021 (with James Fowkes).

• Parität in Deutschland und Europa, Verfassungsblog, 20. 7. 2020, (with Ruth Rubio Marin).

• How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority? A Report on the Presentations on the Judiciary, Verfassungsblog, 8. 12. 2018.

• Fake News, Backlash and the Rise of the German Populist Right – An Update on German Developments, Int’l J. Const. L. (ICONnect) Blog, 14. 10. 2018.

• Caviar, Corruption and Compliance – New Challenges for the Council of Europe, Verfassungsblog, 23. 5. 2018.

• On Book Reviews: Why, when and how to write them, Völkerrechtsblog, 9. 8. 2017.

• Introduction to the Symposium: Constitutional Courts and Populism, Verfassungsblog, 22. 4. 2017.

• On the courage to be wrong, Verfassungsblog, 22. 2. 2014.

• Rescue package for fundamental rights, Verfassungsblog, 17. 4. 2012.

• The German Constitutional Court, in Husa/Smits/Valcke (eds.): Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, i. E.

• Editorial: Gender in academic publishing, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Band 17:4 (2019), pp. 1025 ff. (with Grainne de Burca and Marcela Prieto Rudolphy).

• Editorial: Es kommen härtere Tage – Rough days are coming, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Band 17:1 (2019), pp. 1 ff.

• Das letzte Wort im Vergleich. Rechtsvergleichende Reflexionen zur 53. Assistententagung Öffentliches Recht im Lichte des Wissenschaftsrat-Berichts zur Rechtswissenschaft in Deutschland, Rechtswissenschaften 1 (2013), pp. 102 ff. (with Michael Riegner).

• Review: Werner Heun, The Constitution of Germany: A contextual analysis, Hart 2011, Vienna Journal of International Constitutional Law 7 (2013), pp. 267 ff.