• Post-doctoral treatise on Criminal Law, Law of Criminal Procedure and Philosophy of Law, 1996
• 2nd State Law Exam, 1993
• Juris Doctor, 1992, dissertation on Manufacturer Criminal Liability (awarded the Reinhold and Maria Teufel Trust Prize for Excellence)
• Doctor of Philosophy, 1990, dissertation on Reasoning in Jurisprudence
• 1st State Law Exam, 1989
• Master of Arts in Philosophy and Modern History, 1987, thesis entitled History of the Development of Parliamentary Freedom of Speech in Germany

Appointments

University of Constance

• Professor of Law (Criminal Law), 1997
• Vice-Dean and Dean of Studies, 1998
• Dean of the Faculty of Law, 1999

University of Würzburg

• Professor of Law (Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Theory, Information and Computer Science Law), 2001

Professional Activities

• Managed the literary reports held in the Archive of Legal and Social Philosophy (ARSP), 1993-1999
• Member, Association of Criminal Law Teachers
• Member, The Society for Analytical Philosophy
• Member, German-American Lawyers' Association
• Member, Contemporary Legal History Committee
• Member, International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
• Member of the program committee of the Virtual University of Bavaria
• Representative, German National Academic Foundation
• Representative, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
• President, Law Alumni Association of Würzburg

Research and Tutoring Interests

• Criminal Law in the Media, with an emphasis on Criminal IT Law
• Criminal Law of Defamation
• Medical and Biological Criminal Law
• European Criminal Law
• History and Philosophy of Law