Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff
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Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff is a German academic and senior judge. She sits on the second senate of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
), having succeeded Jutta Limbach
in this position in April 2002.
and Harvard Law School
, Lübbe-Wolff received her doctorate in law at Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1979 to 1987 she was a research assistant at Bielefeld, focusing on public law, the constitutional history of the modern age, and philosophy of law. From 1988 to 1992 she was director of the Wasserschutzamt ("Water Office") in Bielefeld, before being called to a professorship in Public Law, again at the University of Bielefeld.
In 2000 Lübbe-Wolff received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (the highest German prize for research).
She is married to the philosopher Michael Wolff and has four children. Her father and both of her sisters are all university professors.
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
The Federal Constitutional Court is a special court established by the Grundgesetz, the German basic law...
), having succeeded Jutta Limbach
Jutta Limbach
Jutta Limbach is a German jurist and politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany . She received her doctorate in law in 1966 by the Free University of Berlin and fulfilled the requirements to be appointed professor by the German educational system in 1971...
in this position in April 2002.
Biography
After studying law at the University of Bielefeld, the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in FreiburgFreiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
, Lübbe-Wolff received her doctorate in law at Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1979 to 1987 she was a research assistant at Bielefeld, focusing on public law, the constitutional history of the modern age, and philosophy of law. From 1988 to 1992 she was director of the Wasserschutzamt ("Water Office") in Bielefeld, before being called to a professorship in Public Law, again at the University of Bielefeld.
In 2000 Lübbe-Wolff received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (the highest German prize for research).
She is married to the philosopher Michael Wolff and has four children. Her father and both of her sisters are all university professors.
Monographs
- Die Grundrechte als Eingriffsabwehrrechte. Baden-Baden (Nomos) 1988. ("Fundamental Rights as a Defensive Action")
- Recht und Moral im Umweltschutz. Baden-Baden (Nomos) 1999. ("Law and Morality in the Environment")
Editorships
- Umweltschutz durch Kommunales Satzungsrecht. Berlin (Erich Schmidt) 1993 - 2. Auflage 1997. ("Municipal Environmental Protection by Statute Law")
- Symbolische Umweltpolitik (zusammen mit Bernd Hansjürgens). Frankfurt a.M. (Suhrkamp) 2000. ("Symbolic Political Environment")
- Effizientes Umweltordnungsrecht – Kriterien und Grenzen (with Erik Gawel). Baden-Baden (Nomos) 2000. ("Efficient Environmental Regulatory Law – Criteria and Limits")
Essays
- Globalisierung und Demokratie. Überlegungen am Beispiel der Wasserwirtschaft, in: Recht und Politik 3/2004, S. 130 - 143. ("Globalisation and Democracy. Reflections on the Example of Water Management.")
- Substantiierung und Subsidiarität der Verfassungsbeschwerde, in: EuGRZ 2004, S. 669 - 682. ("Substantiation and Subsidiarity in the Constitution")
- Die erfolgreiche Verfassungsbeschwerde, Anwaltsblatt 2005, S. 509 ff. ("The Successful Verfassungsbeschwerde")
- Homogenes Volk – über Homogenitätspostulate und Integration, in: ZAR 2007, S. 121-127. ("Homogenous People – on the Postulates of Homogenity and Integration")
Papers
- Humboldt Forum Recht, "ECtHR and national jurisdiction - The Görgülü Case", together with the European Convention on Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human RightsThe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is an international treaty to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953...
.
External links
Translator's note: These are in German.- Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff at the Bundesverfassungsgericht
- Website of the University of Bielefeld
- List of publications and unpublished lecture texts
- Portrait by Usta.de