J.H.H. Weiler

J.H.H. Weiler is President of the European University Institute (EUI). Previously he served as Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at Harvard Law School and subsequently as Director of the Jean Monnet Center at the New York University School of Law. Weiler is Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of International Law and the International Journal of Constitutional Law. He is also an Honorary Professor at University College London and the University of Copenhagen, and Co-Director of the Academy of International Trade Law in Macao, China. He holds a PhD. in European Law from the EUI, Florence and honorary degrees from various European universities. He is the author of several books and articles, notably “The Constitution of Europe: Do the new clothes have an emperor?” (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and “Un’Europa cristiana: Un saggio esplorativo” (BUR Saggi, Milano, 2003), both of which have been widely translated. He is also the author of the novella, “Der Fall Steinmann” (Piper, München, 2000) and is currently completing a book entitled “Reconsidering the Trial of Jesus – A Reading for our Times”.