Prof. Dr. Doris König
Presiding Justice of the Second Senate
Vice-President
Born in Kiel in 1957
Married
| Year | Experience |
|---|---|
| 1975-1980 | Studied law at Christian Albrecht University (Kiel) |
| 1980 | First State Examination in Law |
| 1982 | Master of Comparative Law (M.C.L.), University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida |
| 1986 | Second State Examination in Law |
| 1986-1989 | Research assistant at the Institute for International Law, Christian Albrecht University (Kiel) |
| 1989 | Dr. iur., Christian Albrecht University (Kiel); Doctoral thesis: 'Durchsetzung internationaler Bestands- und Umweltschutzvorschriften auf hoher See im Interesse der Staatengemeinschaft' ('Enforcement of international conservation and environmental legislation on the high seas in the interest of the international community') |
| 1989-1992 | Judge at the Hamburg Regional Court (Landgericht) |
| 1992-1998 | Senior research assistant at the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law, Christian Albrecht University (Kiel) |
| 1998 | Habilitation, Christian Albrecht University (Kiel); Professorial thesis: 'Die Übertragung von Hoheitsrechten im Rahmen des europäischen Integrationsprozesses - Anwendungsbereich und Schranken des Art. 23 des Grundgesetzes' ('The transfer of sovereign powers in the context of European integration - Scope and limits of Art.23 of the Basic Law') Venia legendi for Public Law, General Theory of State, International and European Law |
| 1999-2000 | Interim professor in Saarbrücken, Halle-Wittenberg and Kiel |
| 2000 | Appointed professor at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg |
| 2004-2014 | Member of the Advisory Council on International Law, Federal Foreign Office |
| 2005-2007 | Vice-Dean, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg |
| 2007-2015 | Member of the board of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
| 2007 | Declined a professorship at the Institute for the Law of the Sea and for Maritime Law, University of Hamburg |
| since 2008 | German Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague |
| 2012-2014 | Dean, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg |
| since June 2014 | Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court |
| June 2020 | Appointed Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court and presiding Justice of the Second Senate |
