Personal profile
Curriculum
Since 04/2026: Visiting Researcher, Leuphana Law School
Since 06/2024: Research Associate, Chair of Criminal Law, Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
05/2025 – 03/2026: Maternity Leave
06/2023 – 05/2024: Research Associate, Institute for Criminal Law and Legal Philosophy, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
2021 – 2024: Second State Examination in Law; Legal Clerkship (Rechtsreferendariat), Kammergericht Berlin, including placements at:
• Federal Foreign Office, Coordination Unit for Cyber Foreign Policy and Cybersecurity
• Criminal Defense Law Firm Eisenberg König Schork
• European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
09/2017 – 12/2022: Research Associate, Chair of Legal Philosophy and Criminal Law, University of Hamburg
2021: Doctorate (Dr. iur.), University of Hamburg
Since 2020: M.A. Studies in Philosophy, University of Hamburg
2011 – 2016: Studies in Law, Bucerius Law School and New York University School of Law
2003 – 2011: Lycée français de Berlin
Research interests
• Criminal Law Theory
• Criminal Law, particularly theories of participation organized crime and inchoate crime
• Criminal Procedure Law, particularly testimony-against-testimony constellations
• Legal Philosophy, particularly social contract theories and materialist critique of law
• Law and Literature
Keywords
- Law
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Research output
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§§ 130 f.; 303 – 305a StGB
Bayer, D., 2027, (In preparation) Kommentar zum StGB . Matt, H. & Renzikowski, J. (eds.). 3. Auflage ed. Vahlen VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer
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§§ 255a, 256, 257 StPO
Bayer, D., 2027, (In preparation) Beck‘scher Online Großkommentar Strafrecht (StGB/StPO): Band § 213 – § 257 StPO . Vahlen VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer
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Introduction to the Two-Part Special Issue “The Legacy of Legal Form Critique”
Bayer, D. & Obermayr, L. L., 02.2026, In: Rechtsphilosophie: Zeitschrift fuer Grundlagen des Rechts (RphZ). 12, 1, p. 5-8 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Special Issue “The Legacy of Legal Form Critique” (Volume 12, Issue 1)
Bayer, D. (Editor) & Obermayr, L. L. (Editor), 02.2026, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 112 p. (Rechtsphilosophie: Zeitschrift fuer Grundlagen des Rechts (RphZ); vol. 12, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Beihilfe in staatlich organisierten Kriminalitätsstrukturen: BGH, Urteil vom 20.8.2024 – 5 StR 326/23
Bayer, D., 2025, In: Neue Strafrechtswissenschaft. 2025, 2, p. 140-159 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Conferences
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Feministische Kritik des Strafrechts
Mattutat, L. (Organiser), Bayer, D. (Organiser), Burghardt, B. (Organiser) & Steinl, L. (Organiser)
26.01.2023 → 27.01.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Prizes
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Doctoral scholarship from the Andrea von Braun Foundation with additional financial support from the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS
Bayer, D. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Prize of the German Section of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) for the doctoral dissertation
Bayer, D. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Scholarship from the law firm Gleiss Lutz for a studying at New York University
Bayer, D. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
Press/Media
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Strafbar sind auch die, die den Massenmord ermöglichten
Bayer, D. & Özata, O. U.
20.08.24
1 Media contribution
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Warum es falsch ist, Klimaprotest und Seenotrettung zu kriminalisieren
30.11.23
1 Media contribution
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