Erik Jayme

Erik Jayme (born 8 June 1934 in Montreal) is a German jurist.[1] Until his retirement in 2002 he was professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Heidelberg.[1] From 1997 to 1999 he served as president of the Institut de Droit International[1] and has served as vice president of The Hague Academy of International Law since 2004.[2][3]

Erik Jayme
Born (1934-06-08) 8 June 1934
Montreal
CitizenshipGerman
Scientific career
FieldsPrivate law, Private international law, Comparative law
InstitutionsUniversity of Heidelberg

Academic life

Jayme was born in 1934 in Montreal.[1][3][4] In 1973/1974, he was a full professor at the University of Münster, afterwards at the University of Munich.[3][4] From 1983 to 2002, he was a full professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Heidelberg.[3][4][5]

Memberships and honours

Jayme is member of the Institut de Droit International whose president he was from 1997 to 1999.[1][3] Since 2004 he is vice president of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law.[1][3] He is honorary doctor of the universities of Ferrara (1991),[1][3][4] Budapest (2000),[1][3] Montpellier (2003),[1][3][4] Porto Alegre (UFRGS) (2003)[1][4] and Coimbra, Académicien titulaire of the Académie internationale de droit comparé (Paris)[4][6] and member of the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (1989),[4][7] Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (2004)[3] and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8] In 2008 he received the Order of the Southern Cross.[5]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.hagueacademy.nl/about/curatorium-and-administration-of-the-academy/
  3. Pfeiffer, Thomas (2004), "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Erik Jayme", JuristenZeitung: 615, JSTOR 20827350
  4. http://www.istitutoveneto.it/flex/FixedPages/Common/accademici_sss.php/L/IT/IDS/247
  5. http://www.ipr.uni-heidelberg.de/md/jura/ipr/personen/jayme/werdegang_professor_jayme.pdf
  6. http://iuscomparatum.info/?page_id=202
  7. http://www.haw.uni-heidelberg.de/akademie/mitglied.de.html?id=96
  8. http://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/6721
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