Amadou Korbinian Sow: With Summa Cum Laude for a doctorate in law!

Amadou Korbinian Sow: With Summa Cum Laude for a doctorate in law!

Amadou Korbinian Sow has successfully completed his doctoral procedure. His dissertation was funded by the German People's Study Foundation and is entitled "Creation, Content and Reception of the Work" Fight for Law "by Hermann Kantorowicz (1906). Interdisciplinary approach.

The doctorate found under the care of Prof. Dr. Christian Bumke, with the second report of Prof. Dr. Benjamin Lahusen was created by the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). Both experts rated the work as "summa cum laude", which underlines the high quality of Sow's research. In the disputation, as well, special attention was paid to the materiality of his sources and conducted a discussion about the text genetic perspective and its value for Cantorovic Research and Legal History. The examination board sat down from the experts and Prof. Dr. Matthias Jacobs together as chair.

scientific career

Sow has gained numerous experiences through various stations in his career. After completing his studies, he was a research assistant with Prof. Dr. Christian Bumke and Prof. Dr. Christian Becker. In 2019 he was active as a visiting fellow at the Institute for Legal Fundamentals - Lucernauris at the University of Lucerne. In November 2024, he completed his second state examination after his legal clerkship at the Kammergericht Berlin, where he worked in the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Fundamental Rights Office and at White & Case LLP in the Public Law area.

Kantorowicz and his work

The book "Fight for Law" by Hermann Kantorowicz is a central work in the history of law. It is not only important for lawyers, but also had an impact on the philosophical and historical discussion about law. The development and reception of this work is analyzed in detail by scientists such as Ino Augsberg, Saskia Lettmaier and Rudolf Meyer-Pritzl. Ino Augsberg heads the chair for legal philosophy at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, while his colleagues also deal intensively with basic legal research. Your scientific work shows the sustainable relevance of Kantorowicz ’considerations for modern law.

The influence of Kantorowicz and the examination of his work are not only limited to German legal history, but also found international response. The examination of Kantorowicz’s theories is dealt with in various specialist journals, including in the "Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History", which publishes reviews of his work.

The comprehensive analysis and the interdisciplinary approach from Sow to Kantorowicz’s work offer fresh perspectives on the development of law and its complex history. For those interested, the book "Fight for Law" is available at Amazon.de , while extensive scientific discussions on this also on the website of Mohr Siebeck can be read.