Dieter Grimm is Professor emeritus of Public Law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and Permanent Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin of which he also was Rector from 2001 to 2007.

He studied Jurisprudence and Political Science in Frankfurt, Freiburg, Berlin, Paris, and Harvard, completed both juridical state examinations, holds a Master of Laws from Harvard University, and earned his Dr. jur at Frankfurt University with a thesis on "Solidarity as a Legal Principle".

He was a Justice on the Federal Constitutional Court and Distinguished Member of the Global Law Faculty at New York University Law School. He has published several books on constitutional law.

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