Main Fields of Research:
Comparative Public Law with focus on Namibia and South Africa
Academic Career
03/2009: Advisor to a delegation of legal experts and politicians from
Since 11/2008: Research Fellow at the MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law in the project “Handbuch Ius Publicum Europaeum”; at the same time doctoral thesis on administrative law reform projects in development cooperation (with the example of Namibia and South Africa) under the supervision of Prof. M. O. Hinz at the University of Bremen
2008: work for KAS in its regional office in
2005-2007: Referendariat (legal clerkship) at the Landgericht (
2000-2005: Law studies in Freiburg i. Br.
Recent publications
- The High Court of Namibia: Günther Kessl v Ministry of Lands and Resettlement and 2 others. Case No 27/2006 and 266/2006 – A test case for the Namibian land reform programme. In: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee 2, 263-274 (2009).
- The right to be given reasons as part of a fair administrative procedure: A comparative study of Namibian, South African and German law. In: Namibia Law Journal 02, 3-21 (2009). http://www.namibialawjournal.org/
- The President of the German Federal Parliament and the Speaker of the National Assembly (of the Parliament of Namibia) - A Comparison. In: Parliament Journal 6, 13-14 (2008). http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/1/year-2008/dokument_id-14085/index.html
Presentations
27 Jun. 2009
Verwaltungsrechtsprojekte in Namibia und Südafrika
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
"Comparing Law in Africa", 35. Annual Conference of the African Law Association, Würzburg
"The contribution of constitutional courts in safeguarding basic rights, democracy and development", VII. KAS-Conference on International Law, Heidelberg
"Der Rechtsstaat-Patentrezept für alle Welt? Rechtsstaatsförderung in der Außenpolitik", 21. Forum Globale Fragen, Berlin