Erik Jayme

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Erik Jayme
Born(1934-06-08)8 June 1934
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died1 May 2024(2024-05-01) (aged 89)
Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
CitizenshipGerman
Scientific career
FieldsPrivate law, Private international law, Comparative law
InstitutionsUniversity of Heidelberg

Erik Jayme (8 June 1934 – 1 May 2024) was 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 served as vice president of The Hague Academy of International Law from 2004 to 2024.[2][3][4] Jayme died on 1 May 2024, at the age of 89.[5]

Academic life[edit]

Jayme was born in 1934 in Montreal.[1][3][6] In 1973/1974, he was a full professor at the University of Münster, afterwards at the University of Munich.[3][6] From 1983 to 2002, he was a full professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Heidelberg.[3][6][7]

Memberships and honours[edit]

Jayme was member of the Institut de Droit International whose president he was from 1997 to 1999.[1][3] From 2004 till his death he was vice president of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.[1][3] He was honorary doctor of the universities of Ferrara (1991),[1][3][6] Budapest (2000),[1][3] Montpellier (2003),[1][3][6] Porto Alegre (UFRGS) (2003)[1][6] and Coimbra, Académicien titulaire of the Académie internationale de droit comparé (Paris).[6][8] He was member of the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (1989),[6][9] Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (2004)[3] and foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005).[10] In 2008 he received the Order of the Southern Cross.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "IDI-Membres". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Curatorium and Administration".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pfeiffer, Thomas (2004), "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Erik Jayme", JuristenZeitung, 59 (12): 615–616, JSTOR 20827350
  4. ^ "Conflict of Laws.net".
  5. ^ Erik Jayme death notice (in German)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti - Accademici".
  7. ^ a b Prof Jayme CV ipr.uni-heidelberg.de
  8. ^ "Aidc - Iacl".
  9. ^ "HAdW Mitglied".
  10. ^ "E. Jayme". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.

External links[edit]

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