The habilitation ‘Recht und Justizhoheit’ concerning Legal History received the Heisenberg Prize of the DFG (German Research Foundation) and a second edition in 2009.
She currently is co-editor of the ‘Grundlagen der Rechtswissenschaft’ (Foundations of Legal Science) published by Mohr Siebeck; initially together with Horst Dreier and Michael Stolleis, now with Marietta Auer.
[5] Ulrike Müßig regularly holds presentations that combine legal-historical considerations with current issues at the invitation of national and international universities[6][7] and the media.
[12] A Chinese translation of her book ‘Reason and Fairness Constituting Justice in Europe, from Medieval Canon Law to ECHR’ was published in 2024.
[13] A characteristic of her work is the goal to maintain the historical disciplines as a part of legal education, to create conditions for interdisciplinary research, and to enable an international exchange of ideas and the promotion of graduates.