Professor of German and International Public Law und Comparative Law

Research

Prof. Hailbronner's research focuses on human rights, comparative public law and constitutional theory.

Current Lectures and Seminars

Seminars: 

The role of courts in protecting democracy - a comparative perspective

Lectures: 

Verfassungsgeschichte (Zwischenprüfung)

Völkerrecht II: International Human Rights Protection

Recent Publications

• Politically Responsive Review: Beyond the Democracy–Minority Rights Dichotomy in the European Convention, Global Constitutionalism, First View, 2026.
• Making Democracy More (Social) Democratic, Democracy Project (NYU Law), 01.12.2025.
• The Failures of Others: Justifying Institutional Expansion in Comparative Public and International Law, Cambridge University Press, 2025 (Habilitation).
• Representation Reinforcement in the European Court of Human Rights, Global Constitutionalism, First View, 13.01.2025, zusammen mit Lisa Kujus. 

Publication of the monograph The Failures of Others: Justifying Institutional Expansion in Comparative Public and International Law.

The monograph examines how institutions justify the expansion of their competences by invoking the failures of other institutions. It analyses “arguments from failure” as a distinct concept of public law across different contexts of national, European and international law. The book thereby provides a normative framework for assessing such arguments on the basis of the principles of separation of powers, democracy and the rule of law.

A book symposium on the monograph has also been published on the blog of the American Society of Comparative Law.
[Read the book symposium]