Erik Jayme

Erik Jayme
Born (1934-10-08) 8 October 1934
Montreal
Citizenship German
Fields Private law, Private international law, Comparative law
Institutions University of Heidelberg

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 is vice president of the Hague Academy of International Law since 2004.[2][3]

Academic life

Jayme was born in 1934 in Montreal.[1][3][4] In 1973/1974 he was full professor at the University of Münster, afterwards at the University of Munich.[3][4] From 1983 to 2002 was 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 http://www.idi-iil.org/idiE/navig_members.html
  2. ↑ https://www.hagueacademy.nl/about/curatorium-and-administration-of-the-academy/
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pfeiffer, Thomas (2004), "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Erik Jayme", JuristenZeitung: 615, JSTOR 20827350
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://www.istitutoveneto.it/flex/FixedPages/Common/accademici_sss.php/L/IT/IDS/247
  5. 1 2 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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