Christian Marxsen

Prof Dr LL.M. (NYU), Max Planck Research Group Leader

marxsen@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-506

Main Fields of Research:

Academic Career:

• since summer term 2023, Humboldt University of Berlin, chair of public law and public international law
• winter term 2022/23, Walther Schücking Institute, University of Kiel, visiting professor (Lehrstuhlvertreter)
• winter term 2020/2021 and summer term 2021, Humboldt University Berlin, visiting professor for public law and international law ("Lehrstuhlvertretung" for Prof Dr Georg Nolte)
• December 2020: Heidelberg University Law School, Habilitation (venia legendi: Public Law, Public International Law, European Union Law and philosophy of law)
• since fall 2017: head of Max Planck Research Group
• fall term 2015: CYUPS (Beijing), Visiting lecturer for international law and European Union law
• since 2015 Co-editor of the Cambridge University Press book series Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War (together with Anne Peters)
• since 2014: Lecturer at the University of Heidelberg, Law Faculty
• 2014-2017: MPIL, Senior Research Fellow
• 2013 International Center for Transitional Justice (New York, NY), Research Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation
• 2012-2013 NYU LAW (New York, NY), LL.M. Studies (NYU Law Hans-Kelsen-Scholar, ERP-Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation)
• 2012 Second State Exam in Law
• 2010-2012 Hanseatic Court of Appeals (Hamburg), Legal Clerkship
• 2010 University of Hamburg, Ph.D. awarded with a summa cum laude; Dissertation: Geltung und Macht – Jürgen Habermas‘ Theorie von Recht, Staat und Demokratie, München: Wilhelm Fink 2011.
• 2008-2009 University of Hamburg, Lecturer
• 2008 Royal University of Phnom Penh, Lecturer
• 2008 Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Legal Assistant of the Co-Lawyers of the Civil Parties
• 2007-2009 University of Hamburg, PhD studies (awarded a post-graduate scholarship)
• 2006 First State Exam in Law
• 2004 European Parliament (Brussels), legal intern
• 2001-2005 University of Hamburg, law studies

Recent Publications

• 
  Völkerrechtsordnung und Völkerrechtsbruch: Theorie und Praxis der Illegalität im ius contra bellum (International Legal Order and Breach of International Law: The Theory and Practice of Illegality in the Ius Contra Bellum). Jus Publicum. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2021, 660 p., Habil. Heidelberg 2020, forthcoming
  
• 
  Der Binnenmarkt der Rüstungsgüter (The EU Internal Marked of Military Hardware). In: Europarecht 56/3, 307-328 (2021). doi: doi.org/10.5771/0531-2485-2021-3-307.
  
• 
  The Emergence of an Individual Right to Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict. In: Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict, Cristián Correa/Shuichi Furuya/Clara Sandoval. Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War, Bd. 3. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2021, 1-15.
  
• 
  Der subjektive Rechtsschutz nach klassischem Konzept und Tendenzen seiner Objektivierung (Subjective Rights-based Legal Protection as a Traditional Principle and Tendencies Towards its Objectification). In: Die Verwaltung 53/2, 215-252 (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.3790/verw.53.2.215.
  
• 
  Conclusions: Productive Divisions. In: Law Applicable to Armed Conflict, Ziv Bohrer. Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War, Bd. 3. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2020, 266-279 (with Anne Peters).
  

[more]



Introduction: International Law Governing Armed Conflict. In: Law Applicable to Armed Conflict, Ziv Bohrer. Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War, Bd. 3. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2020, 1-14 (with Anne Peters).




Discourse theory of law in times of populism. In: European Law Journal 25, 480-486 (2019). doi: 10.1111/eulj.12343. open access




Bündnissolidarität und Auslandseinsätze der Bundeswehr – Verfassungs- und völkerrechtliche Grundlagen (Alliance Solidarity and the Deployment of German Military Troops Abroad – Legal Requirements under German Constitutional Law and International Law). In: Bündnissolidarität und ihre friedensethischen Kontroversen, Ines-Jacqueline Werkner, Michael Haspel (eds.). Springer, Wiesbaden 2019, 101-125. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25160-4_6


pre-print published as: MPIL Research Paper No. 2019-06

Commentary to Vladimir Putin’s speech of 18 March 2014. dekoder.org, 18 March 2019. https://crimea.dekoder.org/speech




Aufenthaltsverbot und Meldeauflage. In: Juristische Ausbildung (JURA) 41/1, 105-114 (2019). doi.org/10.1515/jura-2018-2014


How “New” Are the Current Challenges to International Law?. Opinio Juris Blog: Symposium on Jutta Brunnée's lecture "Challenging International Law: What’s New?", 14 November 2018. Opinio Juris




Unpacking the International Law on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 78/3, 521-540 (2018). pre-print: MPIL Research Paper No. 2018-19




What Do Different Theories of Customary International Law Have to Say About the Individual Right to Reparation Under International Humanitarian Law? In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 78/3, 581-586 (2018). pre-print: MPIL Research Paper No. 2018-19




Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict: Impulses from the Max Planck Trialogues. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law), 78/3, 2018, 519-633 p. (editor with Anne Peters). pre-print: MPIL Research Paper No. 2018-19




Violation and Confirmation of the Law - The intricate Effects of the Invocation of the Law in armed Conflict. In: Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 5/1, 8-39 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2017....


pre-print published as: MPIL Research Paper No. 2017-19



Referendarexamensklausur – Öffentliches Recht: Versammlungsrecht – Camp in Gipfelnähe. In: Juristische Schulung (JuS) 58, 701-707 (2018) (with Jakob Lehners). beck online




Strategische Fernmeldeaufklärung – Neuerungen in den Kompetenzen des Bundesnachrichtendienstes. In: Die Öffentliche Verwaltung (DÖV) 71, 218-229 (2018). via beck-online


Cleavages in international law and the danger of a pull towards non-compliance. Völkerrechtsblog, 31 January 2018. doi: 10.17176/20180131-120116




Verfassungsrechtliche Regeln für Cyberoperationen der Bundeswehr - Aktuelle Herausforderungen für Einsatzbegriff und Parlamentsvorbehalt. In: Juristenzeitung (JZ) 72, 543-552 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1628/002268817X148457...


Self-defence in Times of Transition. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 77/1, 3-13 (2017) (with Anne Peters). pre-print: MPIL Research Paper No. 2017-07


A Note on Indeterminacy of the Law on Self-defence against Non-state Actors. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 77/1, 91-93 (2017). pre-print: MPIL Research Paper No. 2017-07




Self-defence Against Non-state Actors: Impulses from the Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law), Vol. 77/1, 2017, 93 p. (editor with Anne Peters).


A pre-print of this symposium has been published in the MPIL Research Paper Series (SSRN): MPIL Research Paper No. 2017-07



International Law in Crisis - Russia's Struggle for Recognition. In: German Yearbook of International Law 58 (2015), 11-48 (2016). German Yearbook of International Law


An earlier version of this article has been published as MPIL Research Paper No. 2016-05.



The Crimean Crisis from an International Law Perspective. In: Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal (KMLPJ) 2, 13-36 (2016), extended reprint of ZaöRV 74/2, 367-391 (2014). http://kmlpj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/88...


The Promise of Global Democracy - Civil Society Organizations at the International Level. In: New York University Journal of International Law & Politics 47, 719-781 (2015). access via HeinOnline




Participatory Democracy in Europe – Article 11 TEU and the Legitimacy of the European Union. In: What Form of Government for the European Union and the Eurozone?, Federico Fabbrini / Ernst Hirsch Ballin / Han Somsen (ed.). Hart Publishing, Oxford 2015, 151-169. SSRN version


Open Stakeholder Consultations at the European Level - Voice of the Citizens?. In: European Law Journal 21/2, 257-280 (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...




Symposium: "The Incorporation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in the Light of International Law". Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Vol. 75/1, 2015, 231 p. (editor with Anne Peters, Matthias Hartwig). download




Territorial Integrity in International Law - Its Concept and Implications for Crimea. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 75/1, 7-26 (2015). download


Introduction to the Symposium: "The Incorporation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in the Light of International Law". In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 75/1, 3-5 (2015) (with Anne Peters, Matthias Hartwig). Marxsen_Peters_Hartwig_Symposium Intro (PDF, 76.0 KB)


Resolution 2178 und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Bundesrepublik. Series, 10 November 2014. www.voelkerrechtsblog.com




Крымский кризис с позиции международного права (The Crimean Crisis from the Perspective of International Law) - translation of ZaöRV 74/2, 367-391 (2014).. In: Сравнительное конституционное обозрение (Comparative Constitutional Review) 102/5, 56-72 (2014).




The Crimea Crisis - An International Law Perspective. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 74/2, 367-391 (2014). download


Crimea’s Declaration of Independence, published on: EJIL Talk!, March 18, 2014. http://www.ejiltalk.org/crimeas-declarat...

Further Publications

• 
  Geltung und Macht – Jürgen Habermas’ Theorie von Recht, Staat und Demokratie (translation: Validity and Power – Jürgen Habermas’ Theory of Law, State and Democracy). Wilhelm Fink, München, 2011, 280 p., Univ. Diss., Hamburg 2010 link to publishing house
  

Reviewed in:

- Neue Politische Literatur Vol. 57/3 (2012), 530-531.

- ARSP (Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie), Vol. 98/4 (2012), 581-583.

- Widerspruch – Münchner Zeitschrift für Philosophie, Vol. 55 (2012), 129-131.

- Portal für Politikwissenschaft (www.pw-portal.de/rezension/34105-geltung-und-macht_40907)

- Aufklärung und Kritik (2012), 264-265.

- Dokos – Revista Filosófoca, Vol. 7-8 (2011), 107-111.

 

Presentations

Teaching

Honours