NYU

Research

Comparative Constitutional Law
European Union Law
Legal Philosophy
Theory of International Law

Education

J.S.D., Harvard Law School, 2003
2nd State Examination in Law, Hamburg, 1997
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1996
First State Examination in Law, University of Kiel, 1994

Appointments

Professor of Law, 2006
Director, LL.M./J.S.D. Program in International and Comparative Law, 2004
Associate Professor of Law, 2003
Assistant Professor of Law, 2000

Publications

"Constitutional Law Encounters International Law: Terms of Engagement," in The Migration of Constitutional Ideas  (Sujit Choudhry, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2006)

"Who is Afraid of the Total Constitution? Constitutional Rights as Principles and the Constitutionalization of Private Law," 7 German Law Journal  341 (2006)

"Beyond Golf Clubs and the Judicialization of Politics: Why Europe has a Constitution Properly So Called," 54 American Journal of Comparative Law  505 (2006)

"What is so Special about Constitutional Rights in Private Litigation? A Comparative Analysis of the Function of State Action Requirements and Indirect Effect," in The Constitution in Private Relations  (Andras Sajo and Renata Uitz, ed., Eleven, 2005) (with Victor Ferrerez Comella)

"The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Conflict: Constitutional Supremacy in Europe Before and After the Constitutional Treaty," 11 European Law Journal  262 (2005)

E-mail: mattias.kumm@nyu.edu