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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Siegfried Magiera, M.A.

Jean Monnet Chair of European Law ad personam (since 2001)

Chair of Public Law, esp. Public International and European Law (1984-2008)

Studies of Law and Political Science at the Universities of Kiel, Freiburg i.B., FU Berlin and Kansas/USA; First and Second State Examination in Law; M.A. in Political Science (University of Kansas); Dr. iur. and Habilitation in Public Law (University of Kiel); Professor of Public Law at the University of Cologne; Chair of Public Law, esp. Public International and European Law (1984-2008)/Jean Monnet Chair of European Law ad personam (since 2001) at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer; there as well Director of the European Documentation Center (1986-2009); Chairman (1991-1996) and Vice-Chairman (2003-2007) of the Senate Committee on Continuing Education; Prorektor (Vice-President 1996-1997 and 1999-2000) and Rektor (President 1997-1999).

Main areas of research and teaching

Public International Law: international organizations; relations between international and national law.

Public (Constitutional and Administrative) Law: parliament and government; elections and political parties; federal and state government.

European Law: constitution; institutions and procedures; budget and financing; fundamental rights and freedoms; structural funds; state aids.

Contact

German University

of Administrative Sciences Speyer

Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 2

67346 Speyer

Germany

Tel:  +49 (0) 6232 654-348

E-Mail: s.magiera@uni-speyer.de

Publications in English

Party Finance and Government Regulation: A Comparative Analysis (Master's Thesis), Lawrence/Kansas 1967, 168 pp.

Wal Wal Arbitration, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Published under the Auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the Direction of R. Bernhardt), Instalment 2, Amsterdam 1981, pp 290-291; reprinted in: Volume Four, Amsterdam, pp 1331-1332.

Direct Broadcasting by Satellite and a New International Information Order, in: German Yearbook of International Law - Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht 24 (1981), pp 288-305.

The Interpretation of the Basic Law (German report on "Les problèmes de l'interprétation des constitutions contemporaines - Problems of interpretation of contemporary constitutions" for the First Congress of the International Association for Constitutional Law [IACL], Belgrade 1983), in: Main Principles of the German Basic Law (ed by Ch. Starck), Baden-Baden 1983, pp 89-105.

Government, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Published under the Auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparatie Public Law and International Law under the Direction of R. Bernhardt), Instalment 10, Amsterdam 1987, pp 206-210; reprinted in: Volume Two, Amsterdam 1995, pp 603-607.

The Emergence of a "Europe of Citizens" in a Community without Frontiers, Speyerer Forschungsberichte no 78, Speyer 1989, 26 pp.

European Community Law and National Constitutional Law in the Practice of the European Court of Justice and the German Federal Constitutional Court, in: International Institute of Administrative Sciences, International Conference, Madrid, 13-16 November 1990 (Conference Papers, Working Group I).

A Citizens' Europe: Personal, Political, and Cultural Rights, in: The State of the European Community (ed by L. Hurwitz und Ch. Lequesne), Boulder/Essex 1991, pp 153-164.

ITU - International Telecommunication Union, in: Unted Nations: Law, Policies and Practice (ed by R. Wolfrum and Ch. Philipp), München/Dordrecht 1995, pp 821-826.

UPU - Universal Postal Union, ibid., pp 1381-1386.

The Functions and Development of Parliament (German Report for the Fourth Congress of the International Association for Constitutional Law [IACL], Tokyo 1995), in: Studies in German Constitutionalism (ed by Ch. Starck), Baden-Baden 1995, pp 141-166.

Euroformation: pour qui? pour quoi faire? - Präsentation/Intervention/Presentation, in: L'Euroformation des administrations régionales et locales d'Europe/Eurotraining for Regional and Local Authorities in Europe (ed by E. Sánches Monjo), Maastricht 1998, pp 93-115 (German/French/English).

The Adoption and Legal Safeguarding of the Single European Currency, in: European Economic and Monetary Union: Regional and Global Challenges (ed by R. Caesar and H.-E. Scharrer), Baden-Baden 2001, pp 423-448.

Commentary on Art. 9 UN Charter ("The General Assembly - Composition"), in: The Charter of the United Nations - A Commentary (ed by B. Simma), Second Edition, Oxford 2002, pp 247-256.

The Role of Parliaments in the Future Architecture of the European Union, in: Transatlantic Perspectives on Liberalization and Democratic Governance (ed by E. Bohne, Ch. Bonser, K. Spencer), Münster 2004, pp 452-459.

The European Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Impact on Member States and their Citizens, in: The End of Sovereignty? - A Transatlantic Perspective (ed by D. Eaton), Münster 2006, pp 243-252.

Governments, in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Published under the Auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the Direction of R. Wolfrum), Oxford 2008 (online: www.mpepil.com).

Quality Education and Training in Public Administration - The Contribution of the University of Speyer, in: Adapting Universities to the Global Society - A Transatlantic Perspective (ed by Ch. Bonser), Münster 2009, pp 55-64.

Commentary on Art. 9 UN Charter ("The General Assembly - Composition"), in: The Charter of the United Nations - A Commentary (ed by B. Simma, D.-E. Khan et al.), Third Edition, Oxford 2012, pp 445-460.

Mobility of Students: A Fundamental Right of Union Citizens, in: Higher Education in the Framework of the 2020 European Union's Strategy (ed by F. de Quadros, P. Barbas Homen; published by the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence of the University of Lisbon), Lisbon 2012, pp 31-39.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in European Union Law (together with W. Weiß), in: Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law (ed by D. Dragos and B. Neamtu), Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London 2014, pp 489-536.