Joseph H. H. Weiler

Joseph H. H. Weiler OMRI
Born	Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler (1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 (age 72) Johannesburg, South Africa
Title	University Professor, NYU School of Law
Board member of	European Journal of International Law International Journal of Constitutional Law
Children	five
Awards	Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Ratzinger Prize
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Sussex (BA) University of Cambridge (LLB; LLM) European University Institute (PhD)
Thesis	Supranational law and the supranational system: Legal structure and political process in the European Community (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Mauro Cappelletti
Academic work
Discipline	International law, European Union law
Institutions	European University Institute (1978–1985, 2013–2016) University of Michigan Law School (1985–1992) Harvard Law School (1992–2001) NYU School of Law (2001–2013, 2016–present)
Notable works	The Constitution of Europe – do the New Clothes have an Emperor? (1998) The European Court of Justice (2001) Un'Europa Cristiana: Un saggio esplorativo (2003) The worlds of European constitutionalism (2011)
Notable ideas	EU as a sui generis entity
8th President of the European University Institute
In office 1 September 2013 – 31 August 2016
Preceded by	Marise Cremona
Succeeded by	Renaud Dehousse
Website	NYU Law

Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler OMRI (born 2 September 1951) is an American academic, currently serving as European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York University School of Law and Senior Fellow of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard.

He was President of the European University Institute in Florence from 2013 until 2016.^[1] He holds a diploma from The Hague Academy of International Law. Weiler is the author of works relating to the sui generis character of the European Union. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2022 he was awarded the Ratzinger Prize by Pope Francis.