Antonios Kouroutakis

Dr. Antonios Kouroutakis is an Associate Professor at IE University in Madrid, Spain who teaches Constitutional Law and the Regulation of New Technologies and Startups. Dr Kouroutakis has taught a variety of law courses and conducted research at the City University of Hong Kong, the Free University of Berlin, FVG Sao Paolo, and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Dr Kouroutakis received a DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford and an LLM from UCLA School of Law. Dr. Kouroutakis’ research interests lie mainly in the field of constitutional engineering, public law and regulation.

In particular, Dr. Kouroutakis is interested in the concept of separation of powers, rule of law, emergency legislation and the regulation of new technologies; he has published widely on these topics in international and peer-reviewed journals, and his work has been cited in numerous reports.

His widely reviewed book on the ‘Constitutional Value of Sunset Clauses’ (Routledge 2016) has been quoted at the House of Commons (UK) during the debates about the inclusion of a sunset clause in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill.

Dr. Kouroutakis’ work has appeared at Public Law Review, Statute Law Review, Stanford Journal of International Law, Journal of High Technology Law and the Cambridge International Law Journal. Recent publications include  ‘Anti Democratic Political Parties; Models of Reaction and the Strategic Democracy’ (2018), ‘The Role of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court in the Constitution Making Process’ (2019) and ‘Doctrinal Challenges for the Legality of Smart Contracts: Lex Cryptographia or a new, ‘smart’ way to contract?’ (2019).

Furthermore, Dr. Kouroutakis’ comments and quotes have appeared in the international press in The Washington Post and ISTOE.

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Academic Experience

• Associate Professor, Public Law Department (formerly Public Law and Global Governance), IE University, Spain,  2023–present
• Assistant Professor, Public Law Department (formerly Public Law and Global Governance), IE University , Spain, 2017–2023
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (Greece), January 2016 - December 2016
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Free University of Berlin, (Germany), June 2015 - November 2015
• Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, (China) ,August 2014–May 2015

Academic Background

• PhD in Public Law (DPhil), University of Oxford (UK)
• Master in Law (LLM), UCLA (USA)
• Degree in Law, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

4- Quality Education

10- Reduced Inequalities

16- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions