Dieter Grimm, Dr. Dr. h.c. mult., LL.M. (Harvard)
Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg (2001-2007), Professor (emer.) of Law, Former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Born in 1937 in Kassel, Germany
Studied Law and Political Sciences in Frankfurt/Main, Freiburg/Breisgau, Berlin, Paris, and Harvard
Project
Konstitutionalismus – national und supranational
Ein größeres Projekt zur Rolle der Verfassung in der Geschichtsschreibung ist gerade zum Abschluss gekommen. Neue Projekte befinden sich noch im Stadium der Überlegung. Zusammen mit der Kunsthistorikerin und früheren Fellowin Charlotte Klonk läuft ein Projekt über Regelung und Praxis des nationalen Kulturgüterschutzes.Lektüreempfehlung
Grimm, Dieter. Constitutionalism: Past, Present, and Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Tuesday Colloquium, 16.06.2020
Constitutional Adjudication - Legal or Political?
Wondering whether I should report on work in progress or treat a subject that is likely to attract broad interest, I decided in favor of the latter. The disadvantage of this decision is that the question is by no means new, the advantage being its lasting topicality. The question is controversial in the general public, as well as in the academic disciplines concerned with it. In my opinion, the usual opposition: "legal or political?", is not sufficiently differentiated. So, I intend to reformulate it, asking what exactly is political and what might be legal about constitutional adjudication. The focus thus shifts from the institution and the actors to the process of adjudicating, i.e., to the interpretation and application of constitutional provisions to specific issues. This implies the question how constitutional interpretation (or legal interpretation in general) differs from other forms of interpretation, for instance literary interpretation.
Publications from the Fellows' Library
Grimm, Dieter (München, 2022)
Grimm, Dieter (2021)
A conversation with Dieter Grimm
Grimm, Dieter (Tübingen, 2021)
Grundrechtsfunktionen jenseits des Staates Future concepts of law ; 1
Grimm, Dieter (Berlin, 2021)
Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft ; 2357
Grimm, Dieter (Baden-Baden, 2021)
Grimm, Dieter (2020)
Verfassungsrechtsprechung - juristisch oder politisch?
Grimm, Dieter (Oxford, UK, 2020)
Dieter Grimm : advocate of the constitution Ich bin ein Freund der Verfassung
Grimm, Dieter (Berlin, 2020)
Grimm, Dieter (Göttingen, 2020)
Grimm, Dieter (Tübingen, 2019)
Made at Wiko 09/12/22
Made at Wiko 01/12/22
Made at Wiko 09/01/21
Made at Wiko 10/05/20
Made at Wiko 08/13/20
Lectures on Film 03/03/20
Der Geist von Cecilienhof: Geschichte, Recht und das Erbe der Hohenzollern
Lectures on Film 12/17/18
Wozu Menschenrechte? Internationale Garantien und Rechtsstaaten in der Krise
Lectures on Film 01/14/15
Auf der Suche nach Akzeptanz. Über Legitimationsdefizite und Legitimationsressourcen der EU
Köpfe und Ideen 2017
Not for the State’s but for Democracy’s Sake
Dieter Grimm in an interview with Jürgen Kaube