Hi, my name is Adeel Hussain. I’m an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at New York University Abu Dhabi and a Senior Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. I hold two state examinations in German Law (admitted to the bar in 2018) and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Before coming to NYU, I clerked at the Court of Appeal in Frankfurt, worked for an international law firm, and advised post-conflict countries on constitutional and administrative reforms. I was also a tenured faculty member at Leiden University.

My research focuses on jurisprudence, comparative public law, international law, and the global history of legal and political thought.