Professor Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh

Chair in Public Law, Empirical Legal Research and Law & Economics — EBS Law School
Distinguished Scholar in Residence — Peking University School of Transnational Law
Max Planck Fellow & Head, Center for Diversity in Law — Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

NYU Democracy Project’s »100 Ideas in 100 Days« Series: The Party Paradox

In his piece »The Party Paradox: How Political Parties Power Democracy—and Dominate It«, Professor Emanuel V. Towfigh sheds light on one of the fundamental ambivalences of modern democracies: the role of political parties. They are indispensable transmission belts…
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Lectures in China: Peking University, Beijing Forum 2025 & World Internet Forum

In November 2025, Emanuel V. Towfigh was invited to China for nearly a week to participate in high-level academic events and to contribute his perspectives to international scholarly debates. The visit began on 6 November 2025 with the…
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Party Concepts in Comparative Law

Emanuel V. Towfigh, Parteikonzeptionen im Rechtsvergleich [Party Concepts in Comparative Law], in: Kischel/Kube (eds.), Handbuch des Staatsrechts [Handbook of Constitutional Law], Volume 3, 2025 In the third volume of the Handbook of Constitutional Law, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V.…
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Mohr Siebeck publishes dissertation of Dr. Jacob Ulrich

On September 17, 2025, the dissertation of our former researcher Dr. Jacob Ulrich was published, titled »Intra-Party Competitive Democracy: A Law-and-Economics Analysis of Party Organization in Light of the Requirement of Intra-Party Democracy under Article 21(1), Sentence 3…
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TV Interview on AfD Party Ban Proceedings for Science Program »NANO«

On July 3, 2025, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh was interviewed by journalist Marion Mück-Raab for the German science program »NANO« which is broadcasted on the public television channels »3sat« and »ZDF«. The interview addressed the question: “What…
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Alexander Gleixner wins SRH Social Impact Thesis Award 2025

During the EBS graduation ceremony at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, the dissertation of our former research associate Alexander Gleixner on the topic »The Right to Non-Discriminatory Procedural Design« was awarded the SRH Social Impact Thesis Award 2025. The work…
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ICON-S Annual Conference 2025 in Brasilia

The ICON-S Annual Conference 2025 took place from July 28 to 30, 2025, at the University of Brasília in Brazil. The conference brought together international legal experts under the main theme: »At the Crossroads of Public Law: Equality,…
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Empowering Language with Clarity and Impact

Emanuel V. Towfigh, Der Sprache zu Glanz und Wirkung verhelfen [Empowering Language with Clarity and Impact], in: STUD.JUR. 2025, issue 1, pp. 30-31 In issue 1/2025 of the German journal for law students STUD.JUR., Prof. Dr. Emanuel V.…
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