Erik Jayme (born 8 June 1934, in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

) is a German jurist. Until his retirement in 2002 he was professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. From 1997 to 1999 he served as president of the

Institut de Droit International The Institute of International Law (French: Institut de Droit International) is an organization devoted to the study and development of international law, whose membership comprises the world's leading public international lawyers. The organizati ...

and has served as vice president of

The Hague Academy of International Law The Hague Academy of International Law (french: Académie de droit international de La Haye) is a center for high-level education in both public and private international law housed in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. Courses are taugh ...

since 2004.

Academic life

Jayme was born in 1934 in

. In 1973/1974, he was a full professor at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...

, afterwards at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

. From 1983 to 2002, he was a full professor of Private Law,

Private International Law Conflict of laws (also called private international law) is the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrence that has connections to more than one jurisdiction. This body of law deals with three broad t ...

and

Comparative Law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the ...

at the

.http://www.ipr.uni-heidelberg.de/md/jura/ipr/personen/jayme/werdegang_professor_jayme.pdf

Memberships and honours

Jayme is member of the

whose president he was from 1997 to 1999. Since 2004 he is vice president of the Curatorium of

. He is honorary doctor of the universities of Ferrara (1991), Budapest (2000), Montpellier (2003), Porto Alegre (UFRGS) (2003) and Coimbra, ''Académicien titulaire'' of the Académie internationale de droit comparé (Paris). He is member of the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (1989),

Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti The Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) is an academy of sciences in Venice. History The Istituto Veneto was created as the Reale Istituto Nazionale, created by Napoleon for the Kingdom of Italy in 1810. The current name was gi ...

(2004) and foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005). In 2008 he received the

Order of the Southern Cross Emperor Pedro I of Brazil founded the National Order of the Southern Cross ( pt, Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul) as a Brazilian order of chivalry on 1 December 1822. The order aimed to commemorate the independence of Brazil (7 September 18 ...

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayme, Erik Living people Jurists from Heidelberg Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 1934 births German legal scholars The Hague Academy of International Law people Academic staff of Heidelberg University