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20th/21st-century philosophy mattias kumm . bremen , west germany #b 0c4de jurisprudence , political philosophy alexy dworkin kelsen 15 august 1967 mattias kumm
 mattias kumm
mattias kumm

mattias kumm -lrb- b. august 15 , 1967 in bremen , germany -rrb- is inge rennert professor of law at new york university school of law , as well as holding a research professorship on `` globalization and the rule of law '' at the social science research center -lrb- `` wissenschaftszentrum berlin für sozialforschung , wzb '' -rrb- and humboldt university in berlin .
he has taught and lectured at leading universities worldwide and was a visiting professor and john harvey gregory lecturer on world organization at harvard law school .
kumm holds a jsd from harvard law school and has pursued studies in law , philosophy and political sciences at the christian albrechts university of kiel , paris i pantheon sorbonne and harvard university .
kumm is on the editorial board of several journals .
kumm 's research and teaching focuses on basic issues in global , european and comparative public law .
his work emphasizes the analytical and normative connection between law , claims to legitimate authority and public reason and the institutional conditions under which such claims can be made plausible .
he argues for the need to reconceive the liberal-democratic constitutional tradition in cosmopolitan and pluralist terms .
among his intellectual influences are hans kelsen , robert alexy , and ronald dworkin .
professor mattias kumm lives and works in new york city and berlin .
