Eberhard Eichenhofer

Eberhard Eichenhofer was born 1950; after studies at the universities of Tübingen and Saarbrücken he received 1979 a doctoral degree by the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken. Between 1980 and 1982 he worked as law clerk at the Federal Court for Social Law. From 1982 till 1989 he was researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht Munich. 1987 he received the degree of a facultas docendi (= Habilitation) by the Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken...See more

Eberhard Eichenhofer was born 1950; after studies at the universities of Tübingen and Saarbrücken he received 1979 a doctoral degree by the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken. Between 1980 and 1982 he worked as law clerk at the Federal Court for Social Law. From 1982 till 1989 he was researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht Munich. 1987 he received the degree of a facultas docendi (= Habilitation) by the Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken with an inquiry on the topic: international social security and social welfare law and private international law. 1989 he became Professor for civil law and social security law at the universities Osnabrück (till 1997) und Jena (1997-2016). His recent books include: Werner Maihofer, Vordenker des Sozialliberalismus (Grimma, 2022); Sozialrecht, 2021(12. edition), translated in Mandarin 2019 and Korean 2021; Sozialrecht der Europäischen Union, 2022 (8 th edition); The Law of the Activating Welfare State, 2015; Soziale Menschenrechte im Völker-, Europa- und deutschen Recht (Social human rights in international public, European and German Law), 2012. See less