Maurits Helmich

Maurits Helmich is a legal scholar who completed his PhD in Legal Theory at Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam.1 His doctoral thesis, titled "Using Law to Depoliticize Adjudication? A Skeptical Thesis," was published on September 30, 2022.1

In his research, Helmich argues that adjudication cannot be truly apolitical, identifying three main ways in which politics and ideology necessarily inform judicial decision-making:

1. Courts' authority is tied to political commitments through the constitutional order they represent.
2. Courts have a political role in interpreting legal and judicial norms.
3. Judicial institutions play an inherently political role in defining the moral core of democratic society.1

Prior to his PhD, Helmich held positions as an Instructor at Leiden Law School and as a Tutor. He also spent time as a Recognised Student in Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford in 2019.23

Currently, Helmich works as a "Referent Cyberversicherung" (Cyber Insurance Specialist) at GDV (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft), which is the German Insurance Association.23