Prof. Dr. David L. Dyzenhaus

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPublic Law,Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
KeywordsRule of Law, Verfassungsgeschichte, Rechtsphilosophie, Legalität, Verfassungsrecht

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityToronto
InstitutionUniversity of Toronto
InstituteFaculty of Law

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Winfried BruggerJuristisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Helmut Philipp AustFachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1992

Programme(s)

1991Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2022Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Dyzenhaus is one of the world's leading scholars of constitutional theory. He has published seminal works on the importance of legality in situations of emergency – ranging from the Weimar era over Apartheid South Africa to the so-called war on terror. In Germany, Professor Dyzenhaus will study the relationship between international law and the politics of legal space.