The Vienna Lecture Series on Comparative Constitutional Law and Theory is organised by:
▪ Prof. Markus Böckenförde, Central European University
▪ Prof. Iris Eisenberger, University of Vienna
▪ Prof. András Jakab, University of Salzburg, European Court of Human Rights
▪ Prof. Konrad Lachmayer, Sigmund Freud University
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 involved universities and welcomes everyone interested in this area of law.
Mirac Suzgun, Stanford University (USA) Date: 10.12.2025, 6:30 p.m. Venue: Room L619, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna Contemporary U.S. Supreme Court practice confronts unprecedented outside advocacy, with nearly 2,000 amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs filed annually. …
Prof. Dr. Kimberly Wehle, University of Baltimore (USA) Date: 30.4.2025, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L619, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna Please join Kim Wehle, legal scholar, media commentator and best-selling author of How to Read the Constitution—and Why, for a …
Prof. Dr. Claudia E. Haupt, Northeastern University (USA) Date: 20.3.2025, 3:00 p.m. Venue: Room SEM 64, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | University of Vienna | Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna Academic and policy discussions concerning online speech regulation in the United States and Europe often get stuck around …
Prof. Dr. Russell A. Miller, Washington and Lee University School of Law (USA) Date: 17.6.2024, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L619, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna Russell Miller will present his new textbook An Introduction to German Law and …
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) Date: 12.3.2024, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L621, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 …
Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Angelika Nußberger M.A. University of Cologne (Germany) Date: 10.2.2024, 6 p.m. Venue: Department of Legal Studies | Central European University | Quellenstrasse 51, 1100 Vienna Professor Angelika Nussberger will deliver a public lectures at CEU. It will cover the threat of oligarchs …