Description: Ulrich Drobnig is well known to legal scholars from all over the world as the editor in charge of the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law and as Director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private Law and Private International Law in Hamburg, Germany. Leading scholars, students and colleagues from many countries contributed to the Festschrift in honor of Ulrich Drobnig. The resulting book is an impressive mirror of contemporary legal thought in private international law, comparative law and the unification and harmonization of laws.
Brief description: Jurgen Basedow, ist Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut fur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg und Professor an der Universitat Hamburg.Klaus J. Hopt, ist Direktor emeritus des Max-Planck-Instituts fur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg und Professor emeritus an der Universitat Hamburg; vormals Richter am OLG Stuttgart.Hein Kotz, Geboren 1935; 1962 Promotion; 1970 Habilitation; 1971-78 Professor an der Universitat Konstanz; 1978-2000 Professor an der Universitat Hamburg und Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut fur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht; 2000 Emeritierung; 2000-2004 Prasident der Bucerius Law School.Ulrich Drobnig, Geboren 1928; 1979-96 Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts fur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg.