Hein Kötz
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Hein Kötz is a German
jurist, former Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (MPI-PRIV), the Bucerius Law School
and Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG).
) (today Piła, Poland
) and received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg
in 1962. In 1963 he received his Master of Comparative Law at the University of Michigan
and habilitated 1970 in Hamburg
. Kötz worked as a Professor at the University of Konstanz
in 1971-78 and as a judge at the Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe
in 1975-78.
In 1978 he moved to Hamburg, where he became the Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht), a position he held until the year 2000. He became a Professor at the University of Hamburg (1981-1998) and was a member of the advisory board of the Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung (1973-2001) and member of the Wissenschaftsrat
(1986-1984).
Kötz was the Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 1986-89, head of the humane discipline section of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) in 1988-91 and member of the law of obligations commission at the German Federal Department of Justice in 1986-91.
Since 2000 Kötz is the President of the International Association of Legal Sciences and has been the first Director of the Bucerius Law School
Hamburg.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
jurist, former Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (MPI-PRIV), the Bucerius Law School
Bucerius Law School
Bucerius Law School is a small, non-state university affiliated private law school located in Hamburg, Germany. The school is the first private law school in Germany and is often ranked as the best law school in the country. It admits 100 bachelor students per year, who achieve very high results in...
and Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
(DFG).
Biography
Kötz was born in Schneidemühl (Posen-West PrussiaPosen-West Prussia
The border province of historical period Posen-West Prussia was a province of the Free State of Prussia. The capital was Schneidemühl . The province had an area of 7,695 km², and was located within present-day Poland....
) (today Piła, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) and received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
in 1962. In 1963 he received his Master of Comparative Law at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and habilitated 1970 in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. Kötz worked as a Professor at the University of Konstanz
University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...
in 1971-78 and as a judge at the Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
in 1975-78.
In 1978 he moved to Hamburg, where he became the Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht), a position he held until the year 2000. He became a Professor at the University of Hamburg (1981-1998) and was a member of the advisory board of the Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung (1973-2001) and member of the Wissenschaftsrat
Wissenschaftsrat
The Wissenschaftsrat is an advisory body to the German Federal Government and the state governments. It makes recommendations on the development of science, research, and the universities, as well as on the competitiveness of German science...
(1986-1984).
Kötz was the Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 1986-89, head of the humane discipline section of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) in 1988-91 and member of the law of obligations commission at the German Federal Department of Justice in 1986-91.
Since 2000 Kötz is the President of the International Association of Legal Sciences and has been the first Director of the Bucerius Law School
Bucerius Law School
Bucerius Law School is a small, non-state university affiliated private law school located in Hamburg, Germany. The school is the first private law school in Germany and is often ranked as the best law school in the country. It admits 100 bachelor students per year, who achieve very high results in...
Hamburg.
Publications (english language)
- Rights of Third Parties. Third Party Beneficiaries and Assignment in: International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (Vol. III, Chapter 13). J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)/Martinus Nijhoff 1992.
- (with Norbert Horn und Hans G. Leser): German Private and Commercial Law: An Introduction. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1982. XVI.