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