Events Event Archive Event Archive 2025 Prof. Angela Fernandez (University of Toronto): Grabbing at Freedom: Does an Escaped Animal Have a Right to Their Freedom? Hamburg Forum on Comparative Animal Law Date: Jul 17, 2025 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Minority Law in Arab States: Governing Religious Diversity Conference Start: Jul 14, 2025 End: Jul 15, 2025 Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Henry Prakken (Utrecht University): The History of AI & Law: Not Just ChatGPT Speaker Series of the Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" Date: Jul 9, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Prof. Dr. Konrad Duden (Universität Hamburg): Geschlecht als Prämisse? Zur disruptiven Natur des Selbstbestimmungsgesetzes Family Law At Four Date: Jul 8, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Philomena Hindermann: Law at the in-between – Intersektionalität und Internationales Privatrecht Colloquium Date: Jul 7, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Islamic Law in Comparative Perspectives: Milestones, Methods, and Epistemologies Symposium in honour of Professor Nadjma Yassari Start: Jul 3, 2025 End: Jul 4, 2025 Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Access to Justice for Animals in Europe: Towards an ‘Aarhus Convention’ for Animals? Conference and Workshop on the legal representation of animals across Europe Date: Jul 1, 2025 Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Neue Rechtssubjekte Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association of the Hamburg Max Planck Institute Date: Jun 27, 2025 Time: 02:30 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Prof. Dr. Gérard Anou (Université Grenoble Alpes): La vente internationale de marchandises dans les pays de l'OHADA Private International Law in Africa Date: Jun 23, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Young Sustainability Law 2025 JNR 2025 Start: Jun 19, 2025 End: Jun 21, 2025 Location: Bucerius Law School / MPI Hamburg / University of Hamburg [more] Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Carmen Tiburcio and Jürgen Samtleben: Legacy and Change in Private International Law in Latin America MPI-ASADIP Trialogues in Private International Law Date: Jun 16, 2025 Time: 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Erika Andreß (Präsidentin des Hanseatischen Oberlandesgerichts a.D.): Aus der Praxis: Recht und Verantwortung im Richterberuf Date: Jun 11, 2025 Time: 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Sustainable Private Law Talks: Discussing Freedom of Contract with Professor Dr Jan-Erik Schirmer Date: Jun 5, 2025 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Michael Karayanni (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Voice and Exit in Private International Law: The Case of the Israeli Inter-religious Regime Current Research in Private International Law Date: Jun 3, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Annika Diemke: Die Wahrnehmungsbefugnis – Schutz und Entscheidungen jenseits des Erbrechts Colloquium Date: Jun 2, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Prof. Tomasz Pietrzykowski (University of Silesia): From Things to Where? Contemporary Animal Law at the Crossroads Hamburg Forum on Comparative Animal Law Date: May 22, 2025 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] JProf. Dr. Katharina Kaesling (Technische Universität Dresden): Wer sorgt für Schutz und Teilhabe von Kindern in der EU-Plattformökonomie? Family Law At Four Date: May 20, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Juristische Lebenswege: Wissenschaftlerin am Max-Planck-Institut Panel discussion Date: May 15, 2025 Time: 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Stephan Breidenbach (Rulemapping Group): Law as Code Speaker Series of the Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" Date: May 7, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Konrad Duden (University of Hamburg): Squaring the Circle - Recognising Rare Family Forms and Gender Identities Within the EU Current Research in Private International Law Date: May 6, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Assoc. Prof. Dr. Işık Önay (Koç University): Interpretation of the Scope of International Commercial Arbitration Agreements: A Comparison of Swiss and Turkish Case Law Current Research on Turkish Law Date: May 5, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Carlos Esplugues (University of Valencia): Take Domestic Law and Run? The Application of Foreign (Private? State?) Law in Times of Uncertainty Current Research in Private International Law Date: Apr 1, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Jonathan Friedrichs: Negotiating damages – Haftung zwischen Bereicherungsausgleich und Schadensersatz Colloquium Date: Mar 24, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] The new Belgian Law of Delict – Taking the Temperature of Emerging Tendencies Conference Date: Mar 17, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Shareholder Activism in Japan, the EU, the UK and the US: A Comparative Study Symposium Date: Mar 13, 2025 Time: 08:45 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: Goethe-Universität, Westend Campus, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 3, Frankfurt [more] Prof. Dr. K. Berk Kapancı (MEF University: UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law (DAPL): An Ideal Model for Turkish Law? Current Research on Turkish Law Date: Mar 12, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Legal Tech, Wirtschaftlich Berechtigte im Aktienrecht, Kollektiver Rechtsschutz und Regierungsberatung durch Sachverständige Current Developments in Japanese Law Date: Mar 11, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Thomas Kadner Graziano (University of Geneva): Towards a European Private International Law Act – The Project of the EAPIL Current Research in Private International Law Date: Mar 4, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Dr. Solomon Okorley (University of Johannesburg): The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention in Ghana: A Long-Awaited Solution Private International Law in Africa Date: Feb 24, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Dr. Dr. h.c. Antoine F. Goetschel (Global Animal Law Association): Animal Welfare – Representation Now, Rights Maybe Later: Urgent Measures on the Regional, National and Global Level Hamburg Forum on Comparative Animal Law Date: Feb 6, 2025 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Ayad Yasin Husein Kokha (Salahaddin University-Erbil): The Legal Status of Children Born to ISIL Fighters under Iraqi and Yazidi Family Laws Arab and Islamic Law to Go Date: Feb 4, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Pietro Franzina (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart): EU Private International Law at a Time of ‘Broken Multilateralism’ and Growing Geo-Political Tensions Current Research in Private International Law Date: Feb 4, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more] Prof. Dr. Beate Rössler (Universität Amsterdam): Privatheit, gender und die Macht (in) der Öffentlichkeit Gegenwartsdebatten Date: Jan 31, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Susanna Roßbach: Das personenstandsrechtliche Geschlecht Colloquium Date: Jan 20, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law [more] Prof. Dr. Elise Goossens (University of Antwerp): Navigating Legal Protections for Cohabiting and Economic Relationships: A Critical Comparison Family Law At Four Date: Jan 14, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: hybrid event [more] Joseph William Singer (Harvard Law School): Conflict of Abortion Laws Current Research in Private International Law Date: Jan 7, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: online [more]
