Mattias Kumm

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Mattias Kumm
Born	(1967-08-15) August 15, 1967 (age 56) 21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Jurisprudence, political philosophy

Mattias Kumm (born August 15, 1967) is Inge Rennert Professor of Law at

in Berlin.

He was born in

and Harvard University. Kumm is on the editorial board of several journals.

Kumm's research and teaching focuses on basic issues in global, European and comparative public law. His work emphasizes the analytical and normative connection between law, claims to legitimate authority and public reason and the institutional conditions under which such claims can be made plausible. He argues for the need to reconceive the liberal-democratic constitutional tradition in cosmopolitan and pluralist terms. Among his intellectual influences are Hans Kelsen, Robert Alexy, and Ronald Dworkin.

Kumm lives and works in New York City and Berlin.

References

External links

• Mattias Kumm, profile on NYU School of Law homepage
• Mattias Kumm, profile on WZB homepage
• Mattias Kumm, profile on Humboldt University homepage
• List of publications