Sonsoles Arias Guedón

Sonsoles Arias Guedón holds a Bachelor's degree in Law (2005), and a PhD (2015). She practiced Law for several years since 2005. Sonsoles currently teaches Constitutional Law and Administrative Law at IE University as a full-time professor. She is also co-Director of the IE Legal Clinic. Her research interests lie in the field of Comparative Constitutional Law, more specifically in the vertical separation of powers, unitary and federal systems, direct democracy in federal countries and clinical legal education. She has also published a number of op-eds related to the exercise and the restriction of fundamental rights in the context of the 2019 pandemic, as well as the role of executive powers in times of crisis. She conducted her research at the University of Cambridge, Harvard Law School, Bucerius Law School and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität. Her doctoral dissertation -The Constitutions of the Länder of Germany: Content, guarantees and position in the German legal system (CEPC, 2015), obtained national recognition from the CEPC (Ministry of Presidency, Spain) in 2015. She also practiced Law at Garrigues´ Litigation and Arbitration Department for several years. She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, IE University, Spain 2019 - Present

• Adjunct Professor, Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona), Spain

• Adjunct Professor, ICADE (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas), Spain

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PHD, Universidad de Navarra, International Doctorate, summa cum laude, 2015

• LLB, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid), Best Student Award, 2005

Corporate experience

• Attorney, Elizalde&Barrie

• Associate Attorney, Garrigues, 2005 - 2009

SELECTED Publications

• Kouroutakis, A., Arias, S. (2020). “Separation of Powers and executive clemency in the Civil Law World: a comparative Study”. In Daniel Pascoe and Andrew Novak (Eds.). Executive Clemency: Comparative and Empirical Perspectives. Routledge

• Arias, S. (2020). “Popular sovereignty”. In  (Eds.). Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. Oxford University Press

• Arias, S. (2020). “El referéndum de iniciativa popular en los Länder alemanes”. In E. Sáenz Royo and C. Garrido López (Eds.). El Referéndum y su iniciativa en el Derecho comparado. Tirant Lo Blanch

• Arias, S. (2018). “Las relaciones de las cúspides judiciales en los sistemas federales: el caso alemán”. Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la UAM (AFDUAM), Vol. 22