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Christian Joerges

Christian Joerges

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D-Index
37
Citations
6488
World Ranking
139
National Ranking
5

Overview

Christian Joerges is affiliated with the Hertie School in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Social Sciences, with a primary focus on Law and Political Science.

Their research encompasses multiple subfields including:

  • Law
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Accounting

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Law and Political Science
  • European and International Law Studies
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Global Economic and Social Development
  • Corporate Governance and Law
  • European and International Contract Law

Christian Joerges has published in several academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • European Law Open (4 publications)
  • Global Perspectives (2 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (1 publication)
  • Rechtstheorie (1 publication)
  • Rivista del Diritto della Sicurezza Sociale (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Responding to Socioeconomic Diversity in the European Union (and to Steven Klein's Essay) with Democracy-Enhancing Conflicts Law, 2021, Global Perspectives
  • "Darker Legacies of Law in Europe": The Florence Project Revisited. Accomplishments, Failings, Lessons, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Why European legal scholarship should become aware of Karl Polanyi: The Great Transformation and the integration project, 2022, European Law Open
  • Cultural Political Economy and Conflicts Law - A new way to approach the Eurozone crisis, 2020, Global Perspectives (co-authored with Josef Hien)
  • Authoritarian Liberalism, authoritarian managerialism and the search for alternatives: Comments on Michael A. Wilkinson's Authoritarian Liberalism, 2022, European Law Open

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Josef Hien
  • Marc Amstutz
  • Milena Büchs
  • Damian Chalmers
  • Philip Manow

Christian Joerges has authored books published by various academic publishers, notably:

  • Conflict and Transformation (2022), Hart Publishing eBooks
  • Konflikt und Transformation: Essays zur Europäischen Rechtspolitik (2022), Nomos
  • Zum Funktionswandel des Kollisionsrechts (2022), Mohr Siebeck eBooks

Best Publications

  • From Intergovernmental Bargaining to Deliberative Political Processes: The Constitutionalisation of Comitology

    Christian Joerges;Christian Joerges;Jürgen Neyer

  • Transforming strategic interaction into deliberative problem-solving: European comitology in the foodstuffs sector

    Christian Joerges;Jurgen Neyer

  • EU Committees: Social Regulation, Law and Politics

    Christian Joerges;Ellen Vos

  • Law and Governance in Postnational Europe. Compliance Beyond the Nation-State

    Michael Zürn;Christian Joerges

  • ‘Deliberative Supranationalism’—Two Defences

    Christian Joerges

  • What Kind of Constitution for What Kind of Polity? Responses to Joschka Fischer

    Christian Joerges;Yves Meny;Joseph H. H. Weiler

  • Informal Politics, Formalised Law and the ‘Social Deficit’ of European Integration: Reflections after the Judgments of the ECJ inVikingandLaval

    Christian Joerges;Florian Rödl

  • Good Governance in Europe's Integrated Market

    Christian Joerges;Renaud Dehousse

  • Transnational governance and constitutionalism

    Christian Joerges;Inger-Johanne Sand;Gunther Teubner

  • The "Social Market Economy" as Europe's Social Model?

    Christian Joerges;Christian Joerges;Florian Roedl

  • Taking the Law Seriously: On Political Science and the Role of Law in the Process of European Integration

    Christian Joerges

  • Darker Legacies of Law in Europe: The Shadow of National Socialism and Fascism Over Europe and its Legal Traditions

    Christian Joerges;Navraj Singh Ghaleigh

  • ‘Deliberative Political Processes’ Revisited: What Have we Learnt About the Legitimacy of Supranational Decision-Making

    Christian Joerges

  • Mountain of molehill? : a critical appraisal of the Commission white paper on governance

    Christian Joerges;Yves Mény;Joseph Weiler;Inge Burgess

  • What is Left of the European Economic Constitution? A Melancholic Eulogy

    Christian Joerges

  • Integration through law and the crisis of law in Europe's emergency

    Christian Joerges

  • Europe's Economic Constitution in Crisis and the Emergence of a New Constitutional Constellation

    Christian Joerges

  • Constitutionalism, multilevel trade governance and social regulation

    Christian Joerges;Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann

  • A New Type of Conflicts Law as Constitutional Form in the Postnational Constellation

    Christian Joerges;Poul F Kjaer;Tommi Ralli

  • The Impact of European Integration on Private Law: Reductionist Perceptions, True Conflicts and a New Constitutional Perspective

    Christian Joerges

  • "Good Governance" Through Comitology?

    Christian Joerges

  • The end of the Eurocrats dream: adjusting to European diversity

    Damian Chalmers;Markus Jachtenfuchs;Christian Joerges

  • Constitutionalism, multilevel trade governance and international economic law

    Christian Joerges;Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann

  • Karl Polanyi, globalisation and the potential of law in transnational markets

    Christian Joerges;Josef Falke

  • Beyond the Crisis: The Governance of Europe’s Economic, Political, and Legal Transformation

    Mark Dawson;Henrik Enderlein;Christian Joerges

  • On the Social Deficit of the European Integration Project and its Perpetuation through the ECJ-Judgements in Viking and Laval

    Christian Joerges;Florian Rödl

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Trubek
David M. Trubek University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael Zürn
Michael Zürn Social Science Research Center Berlin
Gunther Teubner
Gunther Teubner Goethe University Frankfurt
Joseph H. H. Weiler
Joseph H. H. Weiler New York University
Renaud Dehousse
Renaud Dehousse Johns Hopkins University
Hugh Collins
Hugh Collins London School of Economics and Political Science

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