Johann Justus Vasel

About/Bio

Johann Justus Vasel received his doctorate from the University of Hamburg, did his legal traineeship at the Berlin Court of Appeal and completed his master's degree at New York University. He is a currently a Max Weber Fellow at the EUI (Florence), teaches European and public international law at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and serves as the Associate Editor of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL).

Recently Published

Favourite Readings 2021 – Another winter of intellectual rather than geographical journeys…

Stefan Zweig, Montaigne (8th edition, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt, 2014) Frank Schorkopf, Der europäische Weg. Geschichte und Gegenwart der Europäischen Union (3rd  edition, Mohr Siebeck, 2020) Joseph Weizenbaum, Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgement to Calculation (W.H. Freeman & Co., 1976) As in previous years, EJIL’s Review section, has invited EJIL board members and editors…

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Favourite Readings 2020 – Less Time to Travel – Less Time to Read?

Klaus Vieweg, Hegel – Der Philosoph der Freiheit (C.H. Beck, 2020) Edmund Fawcett, Conservatism. The Fight for a Tradition (Princeton University Press, 2020) Gert Ueding, Wo noch niemand war. Erinnerungen an Ernst Bloch (Klöpfer & Meyer, 2016) As in previous years, EJIL’s Review section, has invited EJIL board members and (associate) editors to…

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Favourite Readings 2019 – Couch Vacation

  As in previous years, EJIL’s Review Editor, Christian J. Tams, has invited EJIL board members and (associate) editors to offer short reflections on their favourite books of the year 2019. No strict rules apply — the posts are meant to introduce books that left an impression, irrespective of their genre. Today we have selections…

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