Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law

Video August 19, 2020

Available for streaming: Prof. Dr. Matteo Fornasier (Ruhr University Bochum) shares his observations in the panel "Arbeitsrecht" [Labour law] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 19 August 2020. (Lecture in German)

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Latest Thinking: How can we ensure that an inheritance is distributed as desired?

January 06, 2021

The liquidation of a deceased person’s estate is a complex legal proceeding, particularly with international cases. In this Latest Thinking interview, Jan Peter Schmidt, head of the Centre for the Application of Foreign Law at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, shares his historical and comparative research on…

Latest Thinking: Pandemic laws as a guidepost for the digital revolution?

November 30, 2020

The legislation in connection with Covid-19 has for the first time allowed German stock corporations to conduct the general meeting entirely online. Priv.-Doz. Elena Dubovitskaya, Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, discusses the resulting challenges and opportunities in an interview on Latest…

Interview on "Charity with Chinese Characteristics"

August 24, 2020

In a joint project, Knut Benjamin Pißler, head of the Centre of Expertise on China and Korea at the Institute, and Katja Levy (TU Berlin) examine for the first time the situation of charitable foundations in China, exploring in particular their role in China’s authoritarian system. The findings of this study have been published in a work titled…

Ruth Effinowicz - Closing words

August 20, 2020

Available for streaming: Ruth Effinowicz, Research Fellow and Head of the Institute’s Centre of Excellence on Japan delivers closing comments at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 20 August 2020. (Lecture in German)

Panel 3: Anna-Bettina Kaiser - Public law framework

August 20, 2020

Available for streaming: Prof. Dr. Anna-Bettina Kaiser (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) shares her observations in the panel "Öffentlich-rechtlicher Rahmen" [Public Law Framework] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 20 August 2020…

Panel 4: Tomoaki Kurishima - Public law framework

August 20, 2020

Available for streaming: Associate-Prof. Tomoaki Kurishima (Saitama University) shares his observations in the panel "Öffentlich-rechtlicher Rahmen" [Public Law Framework] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 20 August 2020. (Lecture in…

Panel 3: Reinhard Bork - Procedural law

August 20, 2020

Available for streaming: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bork (University of Hamburg) shares his observations in the panel "Prozessrecht" [Procedural law] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 20 August 2020. (Lecture in German)

Panel 3: Shūsuke Kakiuchi - Procedural law

August 20, 2020

Available for streaming: Prof. Dr. Shūsuke Kakiuchi (University of Tokyo) shares his observations in the panel "Prozessrecht" [Procedural law] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 20 August 2020. (Lecture in German)

Panel 2: Yumiko Kuwamura - Labour law

August 19, 2020

Available for streaming: Associate-Prof. Dr. Yumiko Kuwamura (Tohoku University) shares her observations in the panel "Arbeitsrecht" [Labour law] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 19 August 2020. (Lecture in German)

Panel 1: Martin Schmidt-Kessel - Law of obligations

August 19, 2020

Available for streaming: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmidt-Kessel (University of Bayreuth) shares his observations in the panel "Schuldrecht" [Law of obligations] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 19 August 2020. (Lecture in German)

Panel 1: Tomohiro Yoshimasa - Law of obligations

August 19, 2020

Available for streaming: Prof. Dr. Tomohiro Yoshimasa (Kyoto University) shares his observations in the panel "Schuldrecht" [Law of obligations] at the virtual conference "Reaktionen auf Corona im japanischen und deutschen Recht" [Responses to the Coronavirus in Japanese and German law] from 19 August 2020. (Lecture in English)