Schlechtriem, Peter

Articles in Juridica International

• Peter Schlechtriem. Basic Structures and General Concepts of the CISG as Models for a Harmonisation of the Law of Obligations, Juridica International, 2005, No. 1, pp. 27-36
• Peter Schlechtriem. Europäisierung des Privatrechts – vom Beruf unserer Zeit für ein Europäisches Privatrecht, Juridica International, 2004, No. 1, pp. 24-31
• Peter Schlechtriem. The New Law of Obligations in Estonia and the Developments Towards Unification and Harmonisation of Law in Europe, Juridica International, 2001, No. 1, pp. 16-22

Personal data

• March 2, 1933 in Jena/Thuringia, Germany - April 23, 2007

Education

• Dr. iur., 1964
• Master of Comparative Law, Law School, University of Chicago, 1964–1965
• First and Second Legal State Examination, 1959/1963

Career

• Doctor iuris honoris causa, University of Tartu, 2002
• Hilary term: Guest Professor, University of Oxford, 2000–2001
• Professor emeritus of Counsel Allen & Overy, Frankfurt am Main, 2000-2007
• Hilary term: Senior teaching fellow, University of Oxford: Centre for the Advanced Study for European and Comparative Law, 1997–1998
• Doctor honoris causae, University of Basel/Switzerland, October 3, 1995
• Visiting professor, Victoria University, Wellington/New Zealand, Spring 1986
• Visiting professor, University of Fribourg/Switzerland, 1985
• Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 1981
• Full professor, University of Freiburg for Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, Comparative and Private International Law; Director of the Institute of Foreign and International Private Law, 1977
• Full professor, University of Heidelberg, 1971
• Visiting assistant professor, Law School, University of Chicago, 1967–1968
• Lectures in Tel-Aviv/Israel, Gent/Belgium, Vienna/Austria, 1988
• Numerous lectures at universities in the USA, Japan, Korea, Singapore, England, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland

Professional activity and membership

• Member of the Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome, 1998
• American Law Institute, Foreign Advisor, Restatement Restitution, 1998–2007
• Member of the European Academy of Private Law Scholars, Pavia, 1996–2007
• National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Corresponding Expert, Reform Art. 2 UCC, 1994–2007
• President of the German Society of Comparative Law, September 1989
• Member of the German Law Reform Commission, 1984–2007
• Member of the German delegation to the UN-Conference in Vienna on the Uniform Law on International Sales, 1980
• Member of the German Council on Private International Law, 1973–2007
• Member of the Sudy Group on a European Civil Code, 1999-2007

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