Brun-Otto Bryde

Brun-Otto Bryde is a German law scientist and a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

Life

Bryde was born in Hamburg in January 12, 1943. Following his first state exam in law 1966 and his second one in 1969 he did his doctoral degree in Hamburg in 1971. After that he became a docent at a university in Ethiopia. Between 1973 and 1974 he worked at the Yale Law School. Later, from 1974 until 1982, he was a teacher at the university of Hamburg. 1980 he did his habilitation and afterwards he became a professor at the university of the Bundeswehr in Munich. Since 1987 he is a professor at the University of Giessen. He was a visiting professor two times at the university of Wisconsin law school in 1989 and 1994 as well. Bryde is also a member of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Since 2001 he is a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

References

* [http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/richter/bryde.html Website of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]