Doris König (born 25 June 1957 in

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland pe ...

) is a German judge,

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and

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scholar who serves as the Vice President of the

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany The Federal Constitutional Court (german: link=no, Bundesverfassungsgericht ; abbreviated: ) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law () of Germany. Since its inc ...

(german: Bundesverfassungsgericht).

Career

Between 1975 and 1980, König studied law and at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: link=no, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, G ...

. In 1982 she completed a

Master of Comparative Law A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

program at the

University of Miami School of Law The University of Miami School of Law (Miami Law or UM Law) is the law school of the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. Founded in 1926, the University of Miami School of Law is the oldest law school in ...

. König started her legal career as a judge at the ''

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'' Hamburg (Regional Court of Hamburg). Since 2000, she has been a full professor at

Bucerius Law School Bucerius Law School (pronounced ) is a private law school located in Hamburg, Germany. The school is the first private law school in Germany. It admits approximately 100 undergraduate students per year. Origins and structure Bucerius Law Scho ...

, Hamburg. From 2012 to 2014 she served as Bucerius Law School's

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. König's research areas include law of the sea,

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, international protection of human rights and law of the

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Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

A nominee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, on 21 May 2014 she was elected by the

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to succeed Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff as sitting judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in the Court's second senate. She was inaugurated on 2 June 2014. In February 2020, together with two other judges (

Ulrich Maidowski Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of A ...

and

Christine Langenfeld Christine Langenfeld (born 16 August 1962) is a German jurist who is currently serving as a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court in the second senate. Early life and education Langenfeld was born in Luxembourg to late Carl-Ludwig Wagner. F ...

), she dissented from the decision by the Court, that the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court of 19 February 2013 in Germany was null and void. On 22 June 2020 she succeeded

Stephan Harbarth Stephan Harbarth (born 19 December 1971 in Heidelberg) is the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ( Bundesverfassungsgericht), former German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2009 until 2018 ...

, who was appointed as the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, as the Court's vice president and also became the chairwoman of its second senate.

References

External links

Judge König's website
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