Luca Wimmer awarded the Ernst Rabel Prize for his doctoral dissertation

September 27, 2024

The Association of Comparative Law (Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung) awards the Ernst Rabel Prize for outstanding comparative law dissertations. In September 2024, former Institute research associate Luca Wimmer received this honour for his comparative study exploring the effect of mistake on donations and testamentary dispositions.

The Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung (Association of Comparative Law) was founded in 1950 as a professional organization in the field of comparative law. It continues the tradition of the Internationale Vereinigung für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre (International Association for Comparative Law and Economics), founded in Berlin in 1894, which ceased its activities in 1933. The Association’s fields of focus include foreign law, European law, ethnological and historical legal research, applied comparative law, international legal cooperation, and international unification of law.

Dr. Luca Wimmer studied law at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Breisgau and at the Université Grenoble Alpes. Additionally, he earned an LL.M. at Stellenbosch University. Prior to working at the Institute he was a research assistant at the University of Freiburg, where he was awarded his doctoral degree in 2022. In 2024 he was appointed as junior notary (Notarassessor) by the Ministry of Justice of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Luca Wimmer, Motivirrtum bei Schenkung und letztwilliger Verfügung. Eine kritische, historisch-vergleichende Untersuchung des deutschen, französischen und österreichischen Rechts (Studien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 504), Universität Freiburg 2022/23, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2023, PhD Thesis, XXIII + 266 pp.

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