Max Planck Post-Doc Conference on European Private Law

On 7 and 8 May 2012 the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg hosts the forth Max Planck Post-Doc Conference on European Private Law. It invites European Junior Scholars to present and discuss their research work.

Further information is available here. The programme reads as follows:

MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012

8.30 Accreditation
8.50 Opening Statement, Reinhard Zimmermann
9.00 Error communis facit ius. Application and Distortion of a Roman Law Principle in Western and Eastern European Private Law Codifications, Péter Bónis
9.30 Unwinding of Failed Contracts, Joke Baeck
10.00 Discussion
10.45 Coffee Break
11.00 Roman Law in Comparative Perspective: Acquisitive Prescription, Jelle Erik Jansen
11.30 Functionalism in Personal Property Security, Hano Ernst
12.00 Discussion
12.45 Lunch
14.00 Estonia – a Test-Country for Common European Sales Law, Karin Sein
14.30 Discussion
14.55 New Developments as to Internet Related Infringements – Interest Analysis within the Frames of the Brussels I Regulation, Ulf Maunsbach
15.25 Discussion
15.50 Coffee Break
16.05 Law Applicable to Cross Border Defamation, Justyna Balcarczyk
16.35 The Country of Origin Principle after eDate Advertising, Jan-Jaap Kuipers
17.05 Discussion
19.00 Dinner at the Max Planck Institute
20.30 Closing Discussion

TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012

9.00 Private International Law and Federalism. A Comparative Perspective (EU / US), Jeremy Heymann
9.30 Party Autonomy in the Field of Non-Contractual Liability Covered by Motor Vehicle Compulsory Insurance,Georgina Garriga
10.00 Discussion
10.45 Coffee Break
11.00 Exitprocedures for Minority Shareholders in Private Companies, Claartje Bulten
11.30 Is Corporate Law a Catalyst for Hedge Fund Activism? A Cross-Border Empirical Analysis, Dionysia Katelouzou
12.00 Discussion
12.45 Lunch
14.00 The Duty of Loyalty and the Corporate Opportunity Doctrine, Corrado Malberti
14.30 Risk and Regulation of Share Ownership: Different Kinds of Shares and Control-Enhancing Mechanisms (CEMs), Veikko Vahtera
15.00 Discussion
15.45 Coffee Break
16.00 Enforcement of Stock Exchange Rules: Highlightening the Interplay between Civil Law, Administrative Law and Penal Law, Nina Reiser
16.30 Discussion