2nd Yale-Humboldt Consumer Law Lecture and Kosmos-Dialogue

On June 1, 2015, the Yale – Humboldt Consumer Law Lecture will be held for the second time at Humboldt-University Berlin. In this annual lecture series, up to three scholars from Yale Law School  and other leading US-Law Schools will be invited to spend two weeks in Berlin, at Humboldt Law School. During their stay, and as part of a variety of different events, the three visitors will interact with  colleagues as well as doctoral candidates and students. The highlight of  these series of events will be the Yale Humboldt Consumer Law Lecture,  which will be open to all interested lawyers. The presentations will be followed by a discussion.

The event is aimed at encouraging the exchange between American and  European lawyers in the field of Consumer Law, understood as an  interdisciplinary field that affects many branches of law. Special emphasis will therefore be put on aspects and questions which have as yet received little or no attention in the European discourse.

The programm reads as follows:

• 2.00 p.m.
  Welcome
  Professor Dr. Susanne Augenhofer, Humboldt University,  and Professor Dr. Peter A. Frensch, Vice President for Research of Humboldt University

• 2.15 p.m.
  Knowledge in Law and Economics and the Information Fiduciary
  Professor Richard Brooks, Columbia Law School

• 3.15 p.m.
  Coffee break

• 3.45 p.m.
  Does Disclosure Work? Some Realities and Challenges in Consumer Markets
  Professor Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, NYU School of Law

• 4.45 p.m.
  Break

• 5.00 p.m.
  The No Reading Problem in Consumer Contract Law
  Professor Alan Schwartz, Yale Law School

• 6.00 p.m.
  Panel Discussion

The event will be followed by a reception.

Further information is available here. Participation in the event is free of charge but binding
registration is required by online-registration.