Prof. Dr. Tilman Repgen

Chair for Private Law, History of German Law, Private Law in Modernity

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Law

Rothenbaumchaussee 33

20148 Hamburg

Rechtshaus

Room: A405

Fax: +49 40 4273-10084

Secretary of Prof. Dr. Kai Cornelius and Prof. Dr. Tilman Repgen

Rothenbaumchaussee 33

20148 Hamburg

Room: A410 (Prof. Dr. Cornelius), A406 (Prof. Dr. Repgen)

Fax: +49 40 42838-6262

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Born in Saarbrücken in 1964, Roman Catholic, married, 2 children
Schooling in Bonn; German secondary school leaving certificate completed in 1983. Law degree in Trier and Cologne
1990: first state examination (Referendarexamen) in Cologne, 1994: second state examination (Assessorexamen) in Düsseldorf
1993: doctoral studies, 2000: Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in Cologne under Prof. Dr. Klaus Luig; venia legendi for the subjects of civil law, Roman legal history, and German legal history
Stand-in professor in Mainz, Tübingen, and Augsburg
1 April 2002–present: professor for civil law, history of German law, private law in modernity at Universität Hamburg
1 October 2010–present: Dean of the Faculty of Law; re-elected in 2015
2012: declined a professorship in modern legal history and civil law at Goethe University Frankfurt

fundamentals of civil law; specifically, freedom, private autonomy, and personal responsibility in the past and present
Hamburg laws in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
history of the German Civil Code (BGB) of 1900
history of tenancy law
burden of proof in the law of obligations