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Guest Lecture at the Institute
Prof. Peter Hay |
Comparative Law in American Jurisprudence and the Study of Law |
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MPI for Private Law, Hamburg, 14.09.2009, 5:00 PM |
On 14 September 2009 Prof. Dr. Peter Hay will hold a talk in the Gerhard Kegel Hall titled "Rechtsvergleichung in Rechtsstudium und Rechtsprechung Amerikas" (Comparative Law in American Jurisprudence and the Study of Law). All Institute staff and guests are invited to attend as are interested members of the local legal community.Peter Hay is one of the most distinguished comparative law scholars in the United States. He was Alumni Distinguished Professor of Law and dean at the University of Illinois before coming to Emory in 1991. Since 1975, Professor Hay has been an honorary professor at the University of Freiburg in Germany. In 1989, Professor Hay received the research prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. He was elected a titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, a member of the American Law Institute in 1984 and a member of the American Academy of Foreign Law in 1986. Professor Hay's research has focused on the fields of conflict of laws, European Community law, comparative law, contracts and sales, and jurisprudence. From 1994-2000 he held, concurrently with his Emory appointment, the chair for Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law and Comparative Law at the University of Dresden, Germany, where he served as dean of its law faculty from 1997-2000. |
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Language: German |
Date of publication: 02.09.2009 |
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