Erik Jayme

Erik Jayme
Erik Jayme
Born	8 June 1934; Montreal
Citizenship	German
	Scientific career
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 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]

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]

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