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Jan Komárek

Jan Komárek is a lecturer at London School of Economics and Political Science in its European Institute and Department of Law. He holds degrees from University of Oxford (M.St. 2007, D. Phil. 2011), Stockholm University (LL.M. 2004) and Charles University in Prague (Mgr. 2001, JUDr. 2002).  He also obtained Diploma of the Academy of Euroean Law (EU Law Session) 2004, European University Institute in Florence and Central European University Diploma in Advanced European Union Legal Practice, magna cum laudem (CEU, Budapest).
 
Komárek's doctoral thesis, written under Professor Stephen Weatherill's supervision, was entitled Precedent in EU Law: Reasoning with Previous Decisions of the Court of Justice. Jan's work appeared in American Journal of Comparative Law, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Common Market Law Review or European Law Review. He is a member of Editorial Board of European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst) and of Editorial Advisory Board of Review of European Administrative Law (REAL).
 
Komárek is interested in EU law and politics in general, US constitutional law, and political theory.
 
In 2004-2006 Komárek worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affaires, Department of Community Law as a legal counsellor to the Government Agent before the ECJ. In 2009-2010 Jan was a legal secretary to the President of the Czech Constitutional Court, he worked also in its Analytical Department (also in July-September 2008). In 2005 Jan spent two months as a trainee in the ECJ Judge Allan Rosas' Chambers.