Christian Pippan is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute of International Law and International Relations at the University of Graz, Austria. International law is the term commonly used for referring to the system of implicit and explicit agreements that bind together nation-states in adherence to recognized values and standards The University of Graz ( German, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz) a University located in Graz, Austria, is the second-largest Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
Pippan studied law and political science at the University of Graz from 1987 - 1994, his Magisterial Thesis was accepted with honours. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems From 1992 to 1994 he worked as a teaching assistant at the University's Institute of International Law. This was followed by doctoral studies from 1997 - 2001. He was granted Doctor iuris with honours. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society From 09/2002 to 08/2003 he was a visiting scholar with the Hauser Global Law School Program from the NYU School of Law, New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous From 09/2003 until 02/2004 he was an Emile Noël Fellow with the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, New York University School of Law. See also New York Law School The New York University School of Law ( NYU Law) is the