Erik Jayme
Born (1934-06-08) 8 June 1934
Montreal
CitizenshipGerman
Scientific career
FieldsPrivate law, Private international law, Comparative law
InstitutionsUniversity 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 has served as 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 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] He is member of the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (1989),[4][7] Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (2004)[3] and foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005).[8] In 2008 he received the Order of the Southern Cross.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "IDI-Membres". Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  2. ↑ "Curatorium and Administration".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pfeiffer, Thomas (2004), "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Erik Jayme", JuristenZeitung, 59 (12): 615–616, JSTOR 20827350
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti - Accademici".
  5. 1 2 Prof Jayme CV ipr.uni-heidelberg.de
  6. ↑ "Aidc - Iacl".
  7. ↑ "HAdW Mitglied".
  8. ↑ "E. Jayme". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
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