Transnational Protection against Discrimination - The International Private Law of Anti-Discrimination
01.02.2010
How is the applicable anti-discrimination law to be determined in individual cross-border cases? Jan D. Lüttringhaus answers this question on the basis of an increasingly Europeanised body of private international law (PIL). [more]
The Codification of Civil Law in Brazil
17.11.2009
The enactment of the Brazilian Civil Code of 2002 is the point of departure for Jan Peter Schmidt's comprehensive comparative study of Brazil's often neglected private law. [more]
Jürgen Basedow Presented with Festheft of the Rabel Journal
19.10.2009
On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Professor Jürgen Basedow, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, was presented with a Festheft published by the Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law. [more]
Principles of European Insurance Contract Law published
17.10.2009
The Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL) have been published by Sellier European Law Publishers, Munich. [more]
Encyclopaedia of European Private Law
22.09.2009
Hamburg MPI for Private Law publishes comprehensive two-volume compendium for scholars and practitioners [more]
Passing the Baton: Prof. Holger Fleischer assumes the mantle from Prof. Klaus J. Hopt
17.09.2009
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg celebrated a changing of the guard on the 9 September 2009, as Prof. Holger Fleischer assumed the mantle of directorship from Prof. Klaus Hopt.
[more]New Post-Graduate Program: “Comparative Studies on Eurasian Law"
28.07.2009
MPI to begin program supporting junior researchers from the Caucasus and Central Asia who are interested in the comparative study of civil and economic law. [more]
Second draft of the Principles for Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property published
28.07.2009
The CLIP Group has submitted for discussion further proposals for the advancement of private international law and procedure in the field of intellectual property. [more]
Changes in God's Law:
An Inner Islamic Comparison of Family and Succession Laws
04.06.2009
Since April of this year a research group on family and succession law in Islamic countries has been working at the MPI for Private Law. The research group is being supported by the Max Planck Society over a five year period. [more]
Financial Market Stabilisation Act: Institute studies the acquisition of system-relevant banks
18.05.2009
In connection with the Financial Market Stabilisation Act (FMStG), scholars of the Max Planck Institute for Private Law have completed two studies which examine under what conditions the state can acquire unlimited control of system-relevant banks. Participants include Klaus J. Hopt as well as Daniel Annoff, Andreas M. Fleckner, Christoph Kumpan and Felix Steffek.
[more]First draft version of the Principles for Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property published
04.05.2009
The European Max Planck Group on Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property (CLIP) has published a first draft of the „Principles for Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property". The draft version is intended to promote scholarly debate and, as such, the authors welcome comments and criticism. A second draft version is foreseen for release in October 2009 in Munich. The final version, including an annotated commentary, is to be published in 2010. [more]
Conference Report „Private Law in Eastern Europe – Autonomous Developments or Legal Transplants?
29.04.2009
On 27 and 28 March 2009 a conference titled "Private Law in Eastern Europe – Autonomous Developments or Legal Transplants?" took place at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. The conference, co-hosted by the Institute for East European Law of the University of Kiel, assembled scholars from Eastern and Southeastern Europe as well as international experts from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GtZ). [more]
Feasibility Study on a European Foundation Statute
16.03.2009
In our globalised world, foundations increasingly serve aims and purposes which do not recognise a national border. Many of their wide-ranging endeavours impact not only individual countries, but an array of nations in terms of registration, sponsorship and tax law consequences. As the result of a recent cooperative effort, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg, the University of Heidelberg (Centre for Social Investment, CSI) and the Law Faculty of Heidelberg have completed a feasibility study on behalf of the EU Commission. [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 Pensions: Occupational and Individual Pensions: A Comparative Survey
29.01.2009
With his comprehensive comparative law study, „Private Altersvorsorge: Betriebsrentenrecht und individuelle Vorsorge“, Dr. Markus Roth, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, examines the legal structures controlling individual as well as occupational pensions. By comparing German law with foreign schemes and also taking into account related academic disciplines such as economics and the social sciences, the first-of-its-kind overview aims to create a foundational basis for the development of a sustainable legal framework for privately funded retirement programs. [more]
Presentation of Festschrift for Jan Kropholler on 11.10.2008
11.10.2008
On the occasion of Jan Kropholler's 70th birthday, a Festschrift in his honor was published in October 2008 by Mohr Siebeck. Titled „Die richtige Ordnung“ (The Right Order), the work reflects the high esteem in which Kropholler is held by the legal community. [more]
Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Participate in the 67th German Jurists Forum and Report on its Results
29.09.2008
Representatives of the Max Planck Institut for Private Law in Hamburg have acted as participants in the 67th German Jurists Forum in Erfurt. Considering topics from a variety of legal fields, the bi-annual conference on law and policy frequently influences legislation and jurisprudence. [more]
Mediation: Institutional Setting Key for Success
22.09.2008
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg have on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Justice prepared an expert report analysing mediation as an alternative means of dispute resolution. The Hamburg legal scholars comparatively examine and evaluate mediation rules and empirical data in a European and international context. [more]
Perspektiven des Wirtschaftsrechts – A Publication in Honour of Klaus J. Hopt
10.09.2008
Klaus J. Hopt received emeritus status on September 2008. On this occasion, he has been honoured with the publication of „Perspektiven des Wirtschaftsrechts – Beiträge für Klaus J. Hopt“. The work is the product of 20 current and former research associates and features submissions on German, European and international commercial law, company law and capital market law. [more]
Hamburg and Kyoto to Participate in Academic Exchange
12.09.2008
The Hamburg Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and the Faculty of Law at the University of Kyoto have finalised an academic exchange agreement. [more]
Critique of the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR)
10.06.2008
Professor Reinhard Zimmermann, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law has together with Professors Horst Eidenmüller (Munich), Florian Faust (Hamburg), Christoph Grigoleit (Regensburg), Nils Jansen (Münster) und Gerhard Wagner (Bonn) authored a critique of the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR). [more]
Second Max Planck Postdoc-Conference on European Private Law
19.05.2008
On 19 and 20 May 2008 the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg held the Second Max Planck Postdoc-Conference on European Private Law. Building on the widely-regarded first conference of 2006 as well as the ongoing series of Habilitandenkolloquien commenced in 1999, 18 junior researchers from across Europe were invited to present and discuss their current research. The conference was conducted in English and French. The goal of the conference was to foster exchange and encourage the development of an academic network among the junior scholars. At the same time, the conference promoted the work of the Institute as well as its renowned library.
[more]International Conference in Israel: „Convergence and Divergence of Law: German and Israeli Perspectives“
24.03.2008
Multiple fellows of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg as well as single representatives from the Bucerius Law School and the University of Trier were guests of the Buchmann Faculty of Law in Tel-Aviv on 24 and 25 March. In the context of the international conference „Convergence and Divergence of Law: German and Israeli Perspectives“ the German scholars and their Israeli colleagues from the University of Tel-Aviv exchanged their respective current research findings. [more]
Newly released: Japanese and European Private International Law in Comparative Perspective
01.03.2008
Edited by Jürgen Basedow, Harald Baum und Yuko Nishitani, this conference volume is based on a symposium of the same name that was held in March 2007 at the MPI for Private Law in Hamburg and 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
On 17 December 2007 the project group “Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law” presented the European Commission with its draft for the insurance contract law portion of the Common Frame of Reference of European Contract Law, the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL). The work features a compilation of insurance contract law rules which have been gained through a comparative and comprehensive review of European legal systems. [more]
Hamburg consortium submits winning EU bid for Europe-China School of Law in Peking - Support totalling 35 million euros to flow into the European-Chinese university project under Hamburg leadership
20.11.2007
Approximately 25 faculty and staff from the University of Hamburg, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and the Bucerius Law School will teach at the new university and thereby help to shape future Chinese policy-makers' image of Germany as well as their understanding of law.
[more]Principles of European Law on Personal Security Published
17.10.2007
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law working on the foundations of a European legal harmonisation. [more]
Cooperations with the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
04.09.2007
In summer 2007 the Institute concluded an agreement setting up an academic exchange with the University of Oxford. [more]
Federal Constitutional Court Relies upon MPI Expert Analysis in its Decision
14.06.2007
On 14 June 2007 the Federal Constitutional Court decided that the service of a U.S. class action lawsuit by means of judicial assistance as provided for in the Hague Service Convention does not fundamentally conflict with the German Constitution (First Chamber of the Second Senate, 2 BvR 2247-2249/06, printed in WM 2007, 1392).
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Anti-suit Injunctions Supporting Arbitration Agreements
17.06.2007
Institute scholars publish first comments on the ECJ referral by the House of Lords in the West Tankers case [more]
Market Intermediary Management of Conflicts that Arise in Securities Offerings
30.05.2007
Max Planck Institute Hamburg publishes comments on IOSCO Consultation [more]
Auditors Should be Allowed to Limit Liability by Agreement: Hamburg's Max Planck Institute Publishes Comments on EU Working Paper
23.03.2007
Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg have published their comments on the proposals of the EU Commission [more]
MPG Supports Research Project on the International Private Law of Intellectual Property
30.01.2006
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law will in the coming years conduct a research project on the international private law and procedure of intellectual property in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich.
[more]New Release: Analysis of Supervisory Board Law in the Commentary on the German Stock Corporation Act
20.03.2006
An analysis of supervisory board law appears in the 4th edition of the Commentary on the German Stock Corporation Act (1450 pages). [more]