Comparative Law Discussion Group: 'Conceptions and Policies of Contractual Justice'

Professor Patrick C. Leyens and Dr Hannes Rösler will be giving a special joint presentation and leading discussion on "Conceptions and Policies of Contractual Justice" in room B16 of the Law Faculty on Monday 8th March from 2-4pm. Papers are available in advance from Dr Matt Dyson on mnd21@cam.ac.uk.

Professor Leyens has been a Junior Professor of Law at the University of Hamburg since 2007 and continues to be a Senior Research Fellow at the Hamburg Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. His research focuses on German and European corporate, commercial and capital market law, especially corporate governance as well as law and economics. Dr Rösler has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg since 2004 and Lecturer in Law at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on German and European private law, consumer law, comparative law, civil procedure law, conflicts of law and media law. Professor Leyens currently is, and Dr Rösler in 2006 was, a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Dr Rösler will begin with the presentation of his paper on "The Transformation of Contractual Justice - A Historical and Comparative Account of the Impact of Consumption". Professor Leyens will then focus on the "Judicial Control of Standard Terms and European Private Law - A Law& Economics Perspective on the Draft Common Frame of Reference for a European Private Law".

The Comparative Law Discussion Group group meet a few times a term to discuss comparative research and methodology. This year the group is expanding a little to welcome LLMs and particularly interested undergraduates in addition to the PhD students and faculty members who attend. It is not a teaching forum, its focus is on substantive research and research methodology. There are substantive presentations at points in the year, led by established academics, but for the rest of the year everyone is encouraged to present comparative work in progress and discuss it with the group. All are welcome here is no need to book. For more information or to offer a paper contact Dr Matt Dyson on mnd21@cam.ac.uk.