Andreas Fischer-Lescano

Andreas Fischer-Lescano (born September 14, 1972, in Bad Kreuznach) is a German legal scholar. He had a professorship at the University of Bremen from 2008 to 2022, where his research interests included public law, European law, international law, legal theory, and legal policy.[1] He relocated to the University of Kassel in 2022 and assumed the chair in Transitional Justice.[2]

He is the author of several influential monographs and articles.[3][4][5]

He discovered that Minister of Defence Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg had committed plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation, leading to his resignation in what became known as the Guttenberg plagiarism scandal.[6]

References

1. "Andreas Fischer-Lescano". www.desigualdades.net. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
2. "Willkommen an der Uni Kassel Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano!". www.uni-kassel.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
3. Fischer-Lescano, Andreas (2014-04-23). Human Rights in Times of Austerity Policy. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. doi:10.5771/9783845253534. ISBN 978-3-8487-1239-7.
4. Bachur, João Paulo (2014). "Book Review: Marc Amstutz and Andreas Fischer-Lescano (eds), Kritische Systemtheorie: Zur Evolution einer normativen Theorie". International Sociology. 29 (5): 405–408. doi:10.1177/0268580914544433. S2CID 220722515.
5. Paulus, Andreas L. "Commentary to Andreas Fischer- Lescano & Gunther Teubner. The Legitimacy of International Law and the Role of the State". Michigan Journal of International Law.
6. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2022-12-15.