Press Releases
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]
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]
Harmonisation of European Law on Personal and Proprietary Security
12.12.2008
Conference commemorating the 80th birthday of Prof. Ulrich Drobnig [more]
What law applies to players' agents?
08.12.2008
Symposium of the Forum on International Sports Law at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more]
Richard Buxbaum delivers 11th Ernst Rabel Lecture
18.11.2008
Prof. Richard Buxbaum delivers the 11th Ernst Rabel Lecture at the MPI for Private Law titled "What would the Delaware of the European Community look like [more]
Results from the 67th German Jurists Forum
29.09.2008
Representatives of the Max Planck Institute for Private Law in Hamburg take part in the 67th German Jurists Forum in Erfurt and share its results [more]
Mediation: Institutional Setting Key for Success
22.09.2008
Expert Report of the MPI Studies examines world-wide rules, empirical data, practical experiences and success of mediation [more]
Hamburg and Kyoto to Participate in Academic Exchange
12.09.2008
Hamburg Max Planck Institute for Private Law and University of Kyoto sign cooperative agreement. [more]
Dr. Sebastian Martens honoured with the Otto Hahn Medal and the Dieter Rampacher Prize
25.06.2008
28 year old Dr. Sebastian Martens is being dually honored for his dissertation „Durch Dritte verursachte Willensmängel“ (Vices of Consent Caused by a Third Party). [more]
Otto Hahn Medal for Dr. Christian A. Heinze
25.06.2008
Dr. Christian A. Heinze to be awarded the Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society in recognition of his exceptional academic accomplishment. [more]
Critique of the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR)
10.06.2008
Six professors author a critique of the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR). [more]
Dr. Felix Steffek honoured with Max Hachenburg Memorial Prize
21.06.2008
Dr. Felix Steffek has received the Max Hachenburg Memorial Prize from the University of Heidelberg for his dissertation examining the protection of creditors under English and German Company and Corporate Insolvency Law. [more]
Second Max Planck Postdoc-Conference on European Private Law
19.05.2008
Junior scholars from across Europe present their research. [more]
International Conference in Israel
24.03.2008
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Private Law were guests at the Buchmann Faculty of Law in Tel-Aviv in March. [more]
Newly released: Japanese and European Private International Law in Comparative Perspective
01.03.2008
This conference volume represents the first comprehensive analysis of the new Japanese private international law in any western language. [more]
Draft Common Frame of Reference (CFR): "Insurance Contract" published
25.01.2008
The project group “Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law” has presented the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL) to the Commission. [more]