Highlights
- "The Indelible Science of Law," in International Journal of Constitutional Law 7 (2009) 424-441
- "The Owl of Minerva: Constitutional Discourse Before Its Conclusion," in Modern Law Review 71 (2008) 473-489
- "Solidarity Decomposed: Being and Time in European Citizenship," in European Law Review 32 (2007) 787-818
Alexander Somek
Charles E. Floete Chair in Law
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Magister Iuris, University of Vienna, 1984
Doctor Iuris, University of Vienna, 1984 - Email alexander-somek@uiowa.edu
- Phone 319-335-9057
- Office 428 Boyd Law Building
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Before joining the Iowa Faculty in 2003, Alexander Somek held the position of Associate Professor on the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna.
Somek visits a number of law schools abroad. During the academic year 2007-2008 he was a fellow in the Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin.
Somek is the author of a number of books and numerous articles. His major areas of research are European Union Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Public International Law and Jurisprudence.
Over the last few years, Somek’s work has concentrated on the transformation of elementary constitutional ideas in the context of transnational governance structures. The constituent power has been the subject of his book Individualism. His forthcoming study Neoliberalism’s Moral Face addresses the problem of solidarity. He is currently exploring what happens to the core of constitutional law, its legality, when it is pushed beyond national bounds.