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The Ban on Majority Ownership: German Soccer's 50 + 1 Rule under National and International Law
16. November 2009, Hamburg - On 30 November 2009 the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Social Law will hold a symposium titled "The Ban on Majority Ownership: German Soccer's 50 + 1 Rule under National and International Law". [more]
Record Number of Visitors for the 3rd "Night of Knowledge"
Over 17,000 knowledge-hungry visitors experience science and research first hand - Lecture program at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law captivates listeners [more]
Max Planck Institute for Private Law publishes Encyclopaedia of European Private Law
23.09.2009
Compendium to guide scholars and practitioners through the thicket of European Private Law [more]
China-EU School of Law trains European jurists on investing in China
10.03.2009
Professional training for lawyers, scholars and entrepreneurs [more]
Private Law in Eastern Europe – Autonomous Developments or Legal Transplants?
05.03.2009
International Legal Conference at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg [more]
What road lies ahead for private pensions?
29.01.2009
Markus Roth publishes the first comprehensive analysis of retirement provision law [more]
Economisation of Competition Law
07.01.2009
On 23 and 24 January an international conference on competition law will take place at the Max Planck Institute for Private Law in Hamburg [more]
Prof. Klaus J. Hopt elected as member of Leopoldina
05.01.2009
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus J. Hopt, Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, was selected to become a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. [more]
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