CPG Summer Academy on German and European Law 2017

26 June – 6 July, Goethe University Frankfurt

Agenda   Report   Photos

Agenda

Monday, 26 June

9:15 – 12:45, Arrival and Transfer to Youth Hostel

Tuesday, 27 June

9:15 – 10:45,  Prof. Dr. Inger Ebsen “Introduction to the German Legal System and to the Program”

11:15 – 12:45, Prof. Dr. Niels Petersen “Proportionality in Human Rights Law”

14:15 – 15:45, Prof. Dr. Mattias Goldmann “The Eurozone Monetary and Financial Crisis”

Evening, Get together in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen

Wednesday, 28 June

9:15 – 10:45, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kadelbach “European Union Law”

11:15 – 12:45, Prof. Dr. Helmut Siekmann “Introduction to German Constitutional Law”

14:15 – 15:45, Prof. Dr. Christoph Burchard “Comparative Criminal Justice”

Thursday, 29 June

9:15 – 10:45, Prof. Dr. Georg Hermes “Administrative Law in the Federal State”

11:15 – 12:45, Prof. Dr. Astrid Wallrabenstein “German Public Health Law”

14:15 – 15:45, PD Dr. Ulrich Jan Schröder “60 Years Treaties of Rome – Crisis of the EU and Reform Options”

Friday, 30 June

Excursion to Heidelberg

Saturday, 1 July 

Excursion to Wiesbaden, Visit to Stadt-schloss and Landtag, Prof. Dr. Ingwer Ebsen “Federalism in the German Constitution”

Monday, 3 July 

9:15 – 10:45, Prof. Dr. Guido Pfeifer “Ancient Legal History”

11:45 – 12:45, Prof. Dr. Conelius Prittwitz “An Overview and Principles of German Criminal Law”

14:15 – 15:45, Visit to the European Central Bank

Tuesday, 4 July

9:15 – 10:45, Prof. Dr. Bernd Waas “Introduction to German and European Labour Law”

11:15 – 12:45, Prof. Dr. Günter Frankenberg “Comparative Constitutional Law”

14:15 – 15:45, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Cordes “The Medieval “Sachsenspiegel” (Mirror of the Saxons)”

Wednesday, 5 July 

9:15 – 10:45, Prof. Dr. Jens Gal “General Principles of German Civil Law”

11:15 – 12:45, Prof. Dr. Moritz Bälz “Comparative Tort Law”

14:15 – 15:45, Prof. Dr. h. c. Dirk Ehlers “The Fundamental Freedoms of the European Union”

Evening – Farewell Dinner in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen

Report

The CPG Summer Academy on German and European Law 2017 was held from 26 June to 6 July at Goethe University Frankfurt.

The 10-day study trip on German and European law had 16 law students and lecturers from 5 Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand) taking part. It comprised lectures in English on German and European law given by renowned German professors, and visits to law related institutions and a cultural program.