judge lawyer university professor
Paulus attended the University of Göttingen, University of Geneva, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and Harvard University. In 2000, Paulus completed his doctoral thesis on "Die internationale Gemeinschaft im Völkerrecht" (The International Community in Public International Law) under the supervision of Bruno Simma at the University of Munich.
He currently holds the chair of general international law at the University of Göttingen. His research interests include international law, humanitarian law, and constitutional law. He received his first Staatsexamen in 1994, his second in 1996.
After spending the 2003/04 academic year as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, Paulus finished his Habilitation in Munich, and since 2006 holds a chair at the University of Göttingen.
On February 25, 2010, Paulus was nominated to succeed Hans-Jürgen Papier on the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Paulus was an assistant to Bruno Simma in the LaGrand case.
"The War against Iraq and the Future of International Law: Hegemony or Pluralism", Michigan Journal of International Law 25: 691–733.
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2013)
Minerva Center for Human Rights, Member of the International Advisory Board (since 2010).
