Vienna Lecture Series on Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory

The Vienna Lecture Series on Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory aims to organise a high-level exchange on current and fundamental questions in constitutional law from an international, comparative, interdisciplinary or theoretical perspective. International scholars are invited to present their current research. The Lecture Series takes place four times a year at one of the participating universities. 

The Vienna Lecture Series on Comparative Constitutional Law and Theory is organised by:

  • Markus Böckenförde, Central European University
  • Iris Eisenberger, University of Vienna
  • András Jakab, University of Salzburg
  • Konrad Lachmayer, Sigmund Freud University

Discussion Group on Comparative Constitutional Law and Theory

Konrad Lachmayer has started a discussion group on comparative constitutional law and theory, Researchers from all over the world will hold lectures at the Sigmund Freud University Vienna on this topic. For further information visit the website.

Upcoming events

18.09.2024, 06:00 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Pablo Riberi, School of Law of the National University of Cordoba, School of Political Sciences of the Catholic University of Cordoba (Argentina)
New populist trends and democratic decay in Latin America: –anti political ‘qualunquismo’ and techno-idolatria
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-9

Vergangene Vorträge

27.06.2024, 01:00 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Greg Taylor, LL.M., F.R.Hist.Soc., R.M.I.T. University, Melbourne (Australia) / Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
The Defeat of the Aboriginal Voice Referendum in Australia
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-8/

17.06.2024, 06:00 p.m.
Prof. Russell Miller, Washington and Lee University School of Law (USA)
The “Cultural” – In An Introduction to German Law and Legal Culture
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024-7

10.06.2024, 06:00 p.m.
Dr. Esmeralda Colombor, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) – Italy
Lifting the Veil of the Future:  Arendt, Artificial Intelligence, and Energy Justice
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024-6

07.06.2024, 12:30 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Henrik Wenander, University of Lund (Sweden)
Lecture: Municipalities as Legal Actors in Multi-Level Governance – the Example of Sweden
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024-5

27.05.2024, 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Max Steuer, Comenius University Bratislava (Slovak Republic)
Lecture: Republican Constitutional Pluralism and the Obligation of Constitutional Courts in the European Union
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024-4

07.05.2024, 6:00 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Xavier Groussot, University of Lund (Sweden)
Lecture: The Dynamics of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: When Horizontality meets Substance
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024-3/

29.04.2024
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Deutschland)
Vortrag: Die Menschenrechte von Migrant:innen in der Rechtsprechung des EGMR – die Geschichte einer laodizeischen Revolution
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024-2/

12.03.2024
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Tew, B.A., University of Cambridge; LL.M., Harvard; Ph.D., University of Cambridge; Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (USA); Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London (UK)
How Courts Self-Empower: Strategic Judicial Empowerment in Comparative Perspective
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/vienna-lecture-series-on-comparative-constitutional-law-theory-2024-2/

10.02.2024
Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Angelika Nussberger, M.A., University of Cologne (Germany)
The challenges to adopt ‚de-oligarchization laws’
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22.01.2024
Dr. Erika Arban, Senior Research Associate Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne (Australia)
Lecture: Comparative Federalism and the Unit Question
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2024/

27.02.2023
Professor Dr. Eszter Bodnár (ELTE Eötvös Loránd Untersity | Hungary)
Comparative law in constitutional adjudication: creating a methodology for judges
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-3/

12.12.2022
Professor Federico Fabbrini (Dublin City University & Princeton University)
EU Fiscal Capacity: Legal Integration after Covid‐19 and the war in Ukraine
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory-2/

18.11.2022
Professorin Michaela Hailbronner (Universität Gießen)
„Staatsversagen als Rechtskonzept – eine verfassungsvergleichende Perspektive“
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-on-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory/

17.02.2020
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Joanna Osiejewicz (Universität Warschau)
Rechtskommunikation für ein freundliches Arbeitsumfeld – zwischen Rechtsnormen und Laien
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-comparative-constitutional-law-and-theory/

03.12.2019
Professor Dr. Pablo Riberi, (University of Cordoba Argentina)
Non-democratic Constitutionalism and the Uneasiness of the Crowds – Lessons from Latin America
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-non-democratic-constitutionalism-and-the-uneasiness-of-the-crowds/

07.11.2019
Professor Dr. Henrik Wenander, (Lund University Sweden)
The Constitutional Role of Public Administration in the Nordic Countries: Democracy, Rule of Law and Effectiveness under European Influence
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-the-constitutional-role-of-public-administration-in-the-nordic-countries/

14.10.2019
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard), Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung, Hans-Bredow-Institut (D)
Multinormativität des Medialen: Normen für das Netz der Zukunft
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-multinormativitaet-des-medialen-normen-fuer-das-netz-der-zukunft/

20.05.2019
Prof. Dr. Marten Breuer, Universität Konstanz (D)
Haftung des Staates für Militäreinsätze im Ausland? Die Sichtweise des deutschen Bundesgerichtshofs in der Kritik
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-multidimensional-measuring-of-judicial-ideology/

21.01.2019
Professor Dr. Andreas Funke, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (D)
Rechtsstaat und verwaltungsgerichtlicher Rechtsschutz: Modelle im Vergleich
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-rechtsstaat-und-verwaltungsgerichtlicher-rechtsschutz/

17.12.2018
Assistant Professor Dr. Antonios Kouroutakis, IE University (Madrid)
Rethinking Constitutional Law
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-rethinking-constitutional-law/

16.10.2018
Professor Dr. Zoltán Szente, University of Public Services Budapest & Dr. Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Director of the Institute for Legal Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
New Challenges to Constitutional Adjudication in Europe
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-discussion-group-new-challenges-to-constitutional-adjudication-in-europe-%e2%80%92-a-comparative-perspective/

28.09.2018
Professor Roger Masterman, Durham Law School (UK)
Brexit and the United Kingdom’s Devolutionary Constitution
https://www.sfu.ac.at/de/event/jus-lecture-brexit-and-the-united-kingdoms-devolutionary-constitution/