Dr. Daria Bayer
Vita
Since 04/2026: Visiting Researcher, Leuphana Law School
Since 06/2024: Research Associate, Chair of Criminal Law, Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
05/2025 – 03/2026: Maternity Leave
06/2023 – 05/2024: Research Associate, Institute for Criminal Law and Legal Philosophy, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
2021 – 2024: Second State Examination in Law; Legal Clerkship (Rechtsreferendariat), Kammergericht Berlin, including placements at:
• Federal Foreign Office, Coordination Unit for Cyber Foreign Policy and Cybersecurity
• Criminal Defense Law Firm Eisenberg König Schork
• European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
09/2017 – 12/2022: Research Associate, Chair of Legal Philosophy and Criminal Law, University of Hamburg
2021: Doctorate (Dr. iur.), University of Hamburg
Since 2020: M.A. Studies in Philosophy, University of Hamburg
2011 – 2016: Studies in Law, Bucerius Law School and New York University School of Law
2003 – 2011: Lycée français de Berlin
Research Interests
• Criminal Law Theory
• Criminal Law, particularly theories of participation organized crime and inchoate crime
• Criminal Procedure Law, particularly testimony-against-testimony constellations
• Legal Philosophy, particularly social contract theories and materialist critique of law
• Law and Literature
Publications
Books and anthologies
- Special Issue “The Legacy of Legal Form Critique” (Volume 12, Issue 1)
Daria Bayer (Editor) , Linda Lilith Obermayr (Editor) , 2026 Baden-Baden , 112 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- Utopie einer neuen normativen Ordnung: Alternativen im Recht/Alternativen zum Recht : Tagung des Jungen Forums Rechtsphilosophie (JFR) im März 2023 in Hamburg
Daria Bayer (Editor) , Sören Deister (Editor) , Marcus Döller (Editor) , Simon Kneip (Editor) , Hannah Birte Ofterdinger (Editor) , Jan-Robert Schmidt (Editor) , 2025 Stuttgart , 171 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research
- Feministische Kritik des Strafrechts: Unrechtsanerkennung ohne Strafe? (Schwerpunkt)
Liza Mattutat (Editor) , Boris Burghardt (Editor) , Leonie Steinl (Editor) , Daria Bayer (Editor) , 2024Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
- Schwerpunkt: Feministische Kritik des Strafrechts: Unrechtsanerkennung ohne Strafe?
Daria Bayer (Editor) , Boris Burghardt (Editor) , Liza Mattutat (Editor) , Leonie Steinl (Editor) , 2024 1 ed. Baden-Baden , 165 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- Die juristische Dissertation
Daria Bayer (Author) , Jan-Robert Schmidt (Author) , 2023 München , 150 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research
Journal contributions
- Introduction to the Two-Part Special Issue “The Legacy of Legal Form Critique”
Daria Bayer (Author) , Linda Lilith Obermayr (Author) , 01.02.2026 , in: Rechtsphilosophie: Zeitschrift fuer Grundlagen des Rechts (RphZ), 12, 1 , p. 5-8 , 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Beihilfe in staatlich organisierten Kriminalitätsstrukturen: BGH, Urteil vom 20.8.2024 – 5 StR 326/23
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Neue Strafrechtswissenschaft, 2025, 2 , p. 140-159 , 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Daria Bayer: Szenen des Schweigens im Strafprozess
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte, 19, 2 , p. 5-20 , 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Akzessorischer Rücktritt? Zu den Voraussetzungen des Rücktritts des Gehilfen in organisatorischen Machtapparaten: zugleich Besprechung von LG Hamburg 617 Ks 10/19 jug, Urteil v. 23. Juli 2020
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.04.2024 , in: HRRS - Onlinezeitschrift für Höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung zum Strafrecht, 2024, 4 , p. 124-134 , 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Gelungener Normbruch?: Überlegungen zu den Aktionen der Letzten Generation nach Émile Durkheims „Regeln der soziologischen Methode“
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: Jahrbuch für Recht und Ethik / Annual Review of Law and Ethics, 31, 1 , p. 107-126 , 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- §§ 130 f.; 303 – 305a StGB
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2027 3. Auflage ed.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer
- §§ 255a, 256, 257 StPO
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2027Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer
- Dialektische Prozesse: Die Kritik des Rechts inszenieren
Daria Bayer (Author) , 18.08.2025 Berlin , p. 15-29 , 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- Wahrheit, Legitimität und Macht des Strafprozesses. Eine Selbstreflexion des (Völker-)Strafrechts anhand Foucaults Ödipus-Lektüre
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2025 London , p. 127-141 , 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research
- Reconstructing the House of Law
Daria Bayer (Author) , 01.01.2025 1. Auflage ed. Baden-Baden , p. 325-332 , 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research
Press / Media
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Strafbar sind auch die, die den Massenmord ermöglichten
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
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Warum es falsch ist, Klimaprotest und Seenotrettung zu kriminalisieren
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
Prizes
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Prize of the German Section of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) for the doctoral dissertation
(Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Doctoral scholarship from the Andrea von Braun Foundation with additional financial support from the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS
(Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Scholarship from the law firm Gleiss Lutz for a studying at New York University
(Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research