Hamburg Lectures in L&E

The Hamburg Lectures in Law and Economics are a lecture series that takes place at the University of Hamburg every Wednesday evening (6:15 - 7:45 p.m.) during the semester. The lectures, held by internationally renowned researchers from Germany and abroad, deal with current research results in the field of economic analysis of law and address a broad audience through their interdisciplinary approach.

Winter Term 2021/2022

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with a few exceptions, all lectures will be held via zoom until further notice. Lectures marked with Hybrid will be held via Zoom as well as In-Person at the Institute of Law and Economics. Please send an email to alexander.aragon.berger"AT"ile-hamburg.de to register for the lectures.

Unless otherwise indicated, all lectures will take place on Wednesday at 6:15 p.m.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

13.10.2021

(Hybrid)

The Digital Markets Act in the light of the
regulatory objectives of European competition
policy

Prof. Daniel Zimmer (University of Bonn)

20.10.2021

(Hybrid)

Decoloniality – A Challenge for Comparative Law?

Prof. Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute)

27.10.2021

Know Your Rights! A Field Experiment on Legal
Knowledge, Property Rights and Investment in
Kenya

Prof. Matthieu Chemin (McGill University)

03.11.2021

Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from
U.S. Circuit Courts

Prof. Elliot Ash (ETH Zurich)

10.11.2021

Does Media Coverage of Bank Scandals Increase
Preferences for Financial Regulation?

Prof. Pepper Culpepper (University of Oxford)

17.11.2021

Automated Text Analysis and the Study of
Constitutions

Prof. David Law (University of Virginia)

24.11.2021

A Theory of Boilerplate in International Agreements

Prof. Michael Waibel (University of Vienna)

01.12.2021

Guarantor Institutions

Prof. Tarun Khaitan (University of Oxford)

08.12.2021

Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice

Prof. Máximo Langer (UCLA)

15.12.2021

When Rights Meet Political Motivation: Contextual Heterogeneity

Prof. Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

12.01.2022

tbd

Prof. Emiliano Catan (NYU School of Law)

19.01.2022

Moral Universalism: Global Evidence

Prof. Benjamin Enke (Harvard University)

26.01.2022

(Hybrid)

Contracts for digital goods and services: A law
and economics primer on Directive 2019/770

Prof. Axel Metzger (Humboldt University Berlin)