Events Event Archive Event Archive 2026 Karman Lucero (Yale Law School): What Kind of Innovation is e-CNY? Hamburg Lecture Series on Chinese Law Date: Apr 20, 2026 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Florian Bode: Sachgrenzen als Rechtsgrenzen Colloquium Date: Apr 20, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Chukwuma Okoli (University of Birmingham): Choice of Law for Employment Contracts in Africa: Rethinking the EU Methodology in an African Context Current Research in Private International Law Date: Apr 7, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Damien Charlotin (HEC Paris): The Authority of Style: Hallucinations and the Epistemic Breach in Law Speaker Series of the Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" Date: Apr 1, 2026 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Alexander Hellgardt: The Limited Regulatory Impact of ESG Information Duties Corporate Responsibility | ESG Date: Mar 24, 2026 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: virtual lecture [more] Aaron Pfautsch (Universität Freiburg): Das neue chinesische Register für Mobiliarsicherheiten – Effizienzgewinn durch Registerpublizität? Hamburg Lecture Series on Chinese Law Date: Mar 20, 2026 Time: 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Online Information Sessions: Decolonial Comparative Law and the Informal/Formal Economy Date: Mar 18, 2026 Location: online [more] Giacomo Sebis: Human Rights and Circular Economy: An International Legal Framework for a Socio-Ecological Economy Corporate Responsibility | ESG Date: Mar 11, 2026 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Bastian Brunk: Haftung für Menschenrechtsverletzungen de lege lata und de lege ferenda Colloquium Date: Mar 9, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Giovanni Sileno (University of Amsterdam): The Case for Normware Speaker Series of the Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" Date: Mar 5, 2026 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Richard Fentiman (University of Cambridge): Contactless Injunctions: New Approaches to Jurisdiction in English Law Current Research in Private International Law Date: Mar 3, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Cashless Payments, M&A Law, Joint Parental Responsibility in Japanese Law Current Developments in Japanese Law Date: Feb 27, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Qimu Wang (University Hamburg): Reform des chinesischen Gesellschaftsrechts - Abkehr vom Dualistischen Führungssystem? Hamburg Lecture Series on Chinese Law Date: Feb 23, 2026 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Ruyi Ding (Stockholm University): The Current Regulation of Students’ Personal Information Processing via Facial Recognition Technology under Chinese Law Hamburg Lecture Series on Chinese Law Date: Feb 13, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Prof. Dr. Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Sexuelle Selbst-Bestimmung, oder: Wie lässt sich selbst bestimmen, was vorher nicht gewusst werden kann? Soziologische Anmerkungen. Gegenwartsdebatten Date: Feb 12, 2026 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Matthias Grabmair (Technical University of Munich): Large Language Models for Legal Reasoning and Legislation Support Speaker Series of the Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" Date: Feb 4, 2026 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Stellina Jolly (South Asian University): Forging a Path for Climate Justice: Integrating Public and Private International Law in Transboundary Litigation in India Current Research in Private International Law Date: Feb 3, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Michiharu Hayashi, Justice at the Supreme Court of Japan, and Doris König, former Vice President of the German Federal Constitutional Court: OGH, BVerfG und die Wahrung von Rechtstaatlichkeit und Demokratie Symposium Date: Jan 31, 2026 Time: 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Dr. Nina Benz (Heidelberg University): International Conflicts of Legal Duties: Multinational Companies between ESG and Anti-ESG Regulation Corporate Responsibility | ESG Date: Jan 22, 2026 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Jennifer Trinks: Crisis Mode: Fighting Corporate Insolvency Colloquium Date: Jan 19, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Jessie Allen (University of Pittsburgh) and Dasha Pruss (University of Illinois Chicago and Harvard University): Against AI Jurisprudence: Large Language Models and the False Promise of Empirical Judging Speaker Series of the Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" Date: Jan 14, 2026 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Jens Kleinschmidt (Universität Trier): Zehn Jahre Europäische Erbrechtsverordnung – Stand und Perspektiven Current Research in Private International Law Date: Jan 13, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more]