Events
April 2024
Interdisciplinary conference: “Der Neü Layenspiegel von Ulrich Tengler” - The German-language Augsburg law book between the Middle Ages and modern times in Europe
From April 24 to 26, 2024, the conference “Der Neü Layenspiegel von Ulrich Tengler” took place at the Schwabenakademie Irsee. The interdisciplinary conference was organized by Professors Dr. Christoph Becker (Law), Dr. Klaus Wolf (PhilHist) and Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers (Law) and will result in a book project that will be published in the Augsburg 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏's publication series by Nomos Verlag. Project sponsors are the Kurt and Felicitas Viermetz Foundation, the Dr. Eugen Liedl Foundation, the Society of Friends of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg, the District of Swabia, the Historical Association for Swabia, the Swabian Academy Irsee, the City of N?rdlingen and the Bayerische Einigung e.V. Bayerische Volksstiftung.
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April 2024
Lecture in Potsdam at the Third Colloquium on Legal Methodology
On 22 March 2024, Professor Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers gave a lecture on “Language models such as ChatGPT and legal methodology” at the colloquium “Methodology and Digitalization” at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Potsdam, which was organized by Prof. Dr. Susanne H?hnchen. Exciting presentations and interesting discussions were held as part of this third colloquium on methodology, which dealt with disruptive changes that challenge the law. Dogmatics, for example, has to deal with new problems in detail and find solutions. But the question must also be asked at the meta-level of the rules of legal application: What influence does digitalization have on legal methodology? And vice versa: How does methodology react to technical developments, what contribution can it make? The results of the colloquium will be published in a conference volume by Mohr Verlag.
May 2023
Interdisciplinary conference “Securing prosperity through voluntary long-term employment
On May 15 and 16, the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg, under the direction of Professor Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers and Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars P. Feld (Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t Freiburg) held the conference “Securing prosperity through voluntary long-term employment”. Against the backdrop of advancing demographic change and the associated challenges of labor shortages on the one hand and the increasing financial requirements of pension systems on the other, the interdisciplinary conference explored the extent to which voluntary long-term employment can be a building block in solving these problems. The focus was on the situation at German universities and how this can be improved. This is because there is a great willingness among professors to work beyond the normal retirement age. However, the existing legal provisions are only rudimentary, which in practice leads to a patchwork quilt in the German university landscape. From a legal perspective, the conference analyzed the legal framework under civil service and higher education law, taking into account the prohibition of age discrimination under European law. From an economic point of view, the conference dealt with the economic effects of demographic developments on the one hand and the individual business interests of a university on the other.
May 2023
Seminar on the history of law in Pisa
From 24 to 26 May 2023, Professor Dr. Christoph Becker organized a seminar on legal history at the Università di Pisa on the topic of “The future jurist: a man of culture or a technocrat?”. Together with Professor Dr Wojciech Dajczak (伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań), Professor Dr Aldo Petrucci (Università di Pisa), Professor Dr Bronis?aw Sitek (SWSP 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Social Science and Humanities) and Professor Dr Costas Vlahos (Aristotle 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Thessaloniki), the seminar examined the extent to which technological progress and increasing digitalization will affect the traditional job profile of the lawyer.
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March 2023
Guest lectureship at the Université Jean Moulin in Lyon
From 10 to 21 March 2023, Professor Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers was a visiting professor at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon III at the invitation of Professor Dr. Frédérique Ferrand. Professor Ferrand has been a lecturer at the Augsburg Summer Program for many years. Professor M?llers gave the lecture “Introduction to German Civil Law (BGB)” for third-year French students. The event was aimed in particular at students taking part in an exchange program with a German university in the following winter semester. He also gave the English lecture “The Wirecard accounting scandal in Germany” in the Auditorium Malraux - Manufacture des tabacs on March 16.
October 2022
Lecture series in Palermo - Legal Methods and the Harmonization of Private Law in Europe
After the corona wave subsided, the lecture series in Palermo could be resumed. Professor Dr. M?llers gave two lectures. The first, “Legal Methods and the Harmonization of Private Law in Europe”, presented the primacy of European law and compared the German legal situation with that of Italy. In particular, the PSPP ruling and the case law of the Federal Constitutional Court were critically assessed. The 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Palermo has a multi-year doctoral program and, within this framework, an elite postdoctoral program. The postdoc candidates Giancarlo Geraci and Giuseppe Rocchè commented on the lecture. A second lecture on October 7, 2022 dealt with the scope and limits of interpretation and further development of the law in conformity with the directive. Prof. Dr. M?llers compared the German and Austrian situation. Co-presentations followed from Laura Cacopardi, Carla Failla, Paolo Iervolino and Ruggero Siciliano.
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July 2022
11th conference for assistants in employment law
Labor law as judicial law?
From July 28 to 30, 2022, the 11th conference for assistants in employment law took place at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg under the direction of Dr. Carmen Freyler. Under the general theme of “Labor Law as Judicial Law?”, around 100 doctoral students, post-doctoral students and junior professors discussed the theses presented in ten specialist lectures by young labor law academics on the role of case law in the further development of labor law. To kick off the event, the organizers Dr. Carmen Freyler and Junior Professor Dr. Stephan Gr?f (伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Konstanz) invited guests from the labour courts, the legal profession and labour law academia to a keynote speech by Ms. Inken Gallner, President of the Federal Labour Court on the topic of “Labour Law as Judicial Law - Communication of the Courts between Luxembourg, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe and Erfurt”. The results of the exchange will be published in a conference volume by Nomos Verlag.
The conference for assistants in employment law is a central forum for young academics in employment law and takes place at different venues each year. It is financed by third-party funds raised by the respective organizers.
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March 2022
The ECB and Its Watchers XXII, March 17th in Frankfurt
At the conference "The ECB and Its Watchers" central bankers, financial market participants and academics discuss current issues of monetary policy and financial stability. The impact of the Ukraine war as well as the significance of climate change and the green transformation on monetary policy were at the forefront of this year's conference on March 17th in Frankfurt. (…)
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The ECB and Its Watchers XXII, March 17th
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EU-Talk: 30 Jahre CELOS
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary celebration, the members of CELOS presented the following workshop discussions on current issues of European law in cooperation between the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg and the City of Augsburg on June 24, 2021.
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Greetings by the Dean of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏, Professor Dr. Arndt Koch and Mrs. Regina V?lk from Europe Direct.
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Professor M?llers gave a short summary of the 30-year history of the Institute.
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In detail, the following made presentations:
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Frau Professor Dr. Martina Benecke
Rufbereitschaft als Arbeitszeit - ein Feuerwehrmann aus Offenbach vor dem Europ?ischen Gerichtshof
(On-call duty as working time - a firefighter from Offenbach before the European Court of Justice)
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Herr Professor Dr. Michael Kort
Datenschutzverst??e k?nnen ?wehtun“ – Sanktionen im europ?ischen Datenschutzrecht
(Data protection violations can "hurt" - Sanctions in European data protection law)
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Herr Professor Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers
Green Deal, nachhaltige Finanzprodukte – k?nnen wir so die Umwelt retten?
(Green Deal, sustainable financial products - is this how we can save the environment?)
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Herr Professor Dr. Christoph Becker
Europas Zivilgesetzbücher - kein Flickenteppich
(Europe's civil codes - not a patchwork quilt)
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Frau Akad. R?tin a.Z. Dr. Carmen Freyler
Urlaub in Europa – Zwang zur Freizeit und Erholung für Erben?
(Vacation in Europe - compulsion for leisure and recreation for heirs?)
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At the end of the two-hour event, a lively discussion ensued on the various presentations.
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The individual presentations can be accessed as videos (in the German language).
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Academic Activities of the Celos-Members
May?2020
German-Polish?seminar in Warszawa (Poland)
The fifth Polish-German comparative legal history seminar was planned for the summer semester 2020. From 27 to 30 May 2020, Prof. Dr. Christoph Becker wanted to take a trip to Warsaw with Augsburg students and graduates. The group was to meet lecturers and fellow students from Poland as well as from Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic at the host institution of Prof. Dr. Bronis?aw Sitek (Warsaw 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Social and Human Sciences). The seminar topic was: "Legal handbook - A European perspective". The title aims at searching for similarities and differences in the system-defining developments of legal teaching, especially textbooks. The state measures taken to combat the Covid 19 pandemic prevented the encounter. It has been postponed to the summer semester 2021.
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October 2019
Lecture tour to Palermo (Sicily)
At the invitation of Prof. Enrico Camilleri, Prof. Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers visited the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Palermo on 8 and 9 October 2019 and gave two lectures in English on "Legal Methods - A Comparison of the German and Italian Approach" and "The Legal Consequences of the Volkswagen Scandal - Better Enforcement of Private and Public Law".The university is one of the largest in Italy with about 50,000 students and 2,000 academic staff. Prof. Camilleri also participated this year as a lecturer in the Augsburg Summer Program.
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October 2019
German-Turkish?symposium in Istanbul (Turkey)
On 4 October 2019, a symposium on current developments in German and Turkish liability law took place at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Istanbul. The participating CELOS members gave the following lectures:
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- Prof. Dr. Thomas M?llers: Enforcement in Consumer Protection and Capital Markets Law - Current Developments in Germany and Europe
- Prof. Dr. Martina Benecke: The liability of the employer and the modern technique
- Prof. Dr. Michael Kort: Possibilities of limiting the seller's liability when buying a company
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In addition to professors from the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg, speakers from the host university also reported on current developments in Turkish tort law. After the lectures there was a lively discussion. In the conference room were about 120 participants, mainly consisting of students, assistants, lecturers, professors and lawyers from Istanbul. At the end of the symposium, both sides confirmed and emphasised that the symposium had certainly made a good contribution to the German-Turkish legal dialogue and friendship.
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July?2019
European Cultural History Day
As a member of the Institute for European Cultural History at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg, Prof. Dr. Christoph Becker was involved in the organisation of the interdisciplinary conference "Europe??-?Cultural Historical Horizons? -?Day of European Cultural History". It took place on 1 July 2019 on the premises of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg. Prof. Dr. Becker gave a lecture on European legal history with the title "Augsburg in Europe?-The Augsburg City Law of 1156 and Roman Law".
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May?2019
Results of the Conference?“Enforcing Consumer and Capital Markets Law in Europe”
The second INspiRE conference on "Private Enforcement of European Competition and State Aid Law: Current Challenges and the Way Forward" was held in Augsburg on 23 and 24 May 2019. The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "European Integration - Rule of Law and Enforcement" (INspiRE), funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, deals with the enforcement of EU law in the Member States.
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At the international conference "Enforcing Consumer and Capital Market Law in Europe", numerous experts discussed how the diesel emission scandal is being dealt with legally in different countries. It was shown that in the USA, Australia and Brazil public law sanctions and compensation of buyers are already being enforced much more successfully than in most European countries. Scientists, judges, but also representatives of supervisory authorities (BaFin and ESMA) and consumer associations intensively discussed how the respective law can be improved at national and European level to prevent future infringements. As in data protection law, European politicians should understand good law enforcement mechanisms not as an obstacle to location but as an economic advantage of location.
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November 2018
Private Enforcement of European Competition and State Aid Law: Current Challenges and the Way Forward
On 22 and 23 November 2018, the first INspiRE conference on "Private Enforcement of European Competition and State Aid Law: Current Challenges and the Way Forward", organised by Prof. Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Wollenschl?ger and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wurmnest, took place in Augsburg.
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "European Integration - Rule of Law and Enforcement" (INspiRE), funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, deals with the enforcement of EU law in the Member States.
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The first of two conferences was devoted to private enforcement of European anti-trust and state aid law. On the first day, recent developments, in particular after the transposition of the so-called anti-trust damages directive, as well as remaining hurdles in the enforcement of Art. 101, 102 TFEU in different EU Member States were highlighted. After a presentation of the project by Prof. Dr. Thomas M.J. M?llers and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wurmnest, Prof. Dr. Wulf-Henning Roth (Bonn) and Dr. Johannes Holzwarth (DG Competition) looked at the European level. For the following country reports, Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Franck (Mannheim), Dr. Erik-Jan Zippro (Amsterdam) and Prof. Dr. Florian Wagner-von Papp (伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 College London) presented the situation in Germany, the Netherlands, England and Wales. Dr. Rafael Amaro (Paris Descartes) and Prof. Dr. Enrico Camilleri (Palermo) presented the legal situation in France and Italy. Prof. Florian Bien (Würzburg), Dr Tatjana Mühlbach and Dr Ingo Brinker (both Munich) chaired the subsequent discussions.
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On the second day, European state aid law and the open questions of private enforcement were discussed. Dr. Fernando Pastor-Merchante (IE 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 Madrid) presented the European perspective, Luca Rossi the view of the European Commission. Country reports on the situation in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands were presented by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Unger (Bochum), Prof. Dr. Fran?ois Lichère (Jean Moulin Lyon III), Prof. Dr. Roberto Caranta and Benedetta Bi