Curriculum
Past activities can be viewed on our curriculum archive page.
8 April 2022
Prof. Burkhard Hess
Strategic Litigation — A New Phenomenon in Civil Litigation?
We will explore whether and to what extent strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) changes civil litigation in general.
For more information, see registration page.
Postponed
Prof. Ralf Poscher
Democracy and Counter-Extremism
A two-day course examines growing concerns regarding counter-extremism and democratic rule.
18–20 May 2022
Prof. Foblets and Department “Law & Anthropology” researchers
Law and Anthropology: Rethinking Normativities, Legal Dynamics, Approaches and Practices
Concepts, Methods and Concrete Illustrations in Law and Anthropology as well as Law and Anthropology in Practice
For more information, see registration page.
8–10 June 2022
Prof. Anne Peters
Prof. Karen Knop
Prof. Ralf Michaels
Populism and the New Foreign Relations Law: Between Public International Law, ‘External Public Law,’ and Conflict of Laws.
10 June 2022
Dr Timothy Barnum
Shaina Herman
Dr Jessica Deitzer
Deterrence, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System: Myths and Realities
This course will trace 1) the development and history of deterrence theory and its extensions, 2) empirical support for the theory, and 3) policies motivated by deterrence theory, including evidence on the efficacy of these policies.
For more information, see registration page.
1–2 September 2022
Prof. Antoine Vauchez
Prof. Armin von Bogdandy
Prof. Stefan Vogenauer
The Intellectual and Institutional Worlds of Independence in Contemporary Democracies. A Comparative and Historical Inquiry into Courts, Central Banks, Regulators
Can we compare theories of independence across policy fields (finance, rule of law, regulation, etc.) and institutions (courts, central banks, etc.)? Are there forms of interdependence between the independent institutions?
For more information, see registration page.
Postponed
Prof. Reinhard Zimmermann
Understanding the Law in a Historical and Comparative Perspective – As Exemplified by the Law of Succession
