Institut für Zivilrecht der Universität Innsbruck
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Schwartze, LL.M.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Data
| Born 1956 in Celle (Germany) | |
| Citizenship: german |
Education and Training
| 1976-1982 | Judicial Authorities of Lower Saxony (University of Hannover - State Examination, Germany) |
| 1990 | Master of Legal Studies in Comparative, European and International Law (European University Institute, Florence, Italy) |
| 1990 | Doctorate, summa cum laude (University of Hannover, Germany) |
| 1997 | Habilitation - venia legendi: Civil Law, Civil Procedure, German and European Business Law, Comparative Law and Private International Law (University of Hannover, Germany) |
Professional Experience
| 1982-1984 | Practicing lawyer, Hannover (Germany) |
| 1984-1997 | Assistant / since 1991 Assistant Professor (law faculty of the University of Hannover, Germany) |
| 1997/1999 | Guest Professorship for Civil Law (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt at the Oder, Germany) |
| 1999/2000 | Guest Professorship for Private and Business Law (University of Magdeburg, Germany) |
| 2000/2001 | University Professor of Private and Business Law (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany) |
| 2001/2002 | Guest Professorship for Civil Law, Commercial Law and Company Law (University of Rostock Germany) |
| Since 2002 | University Professor in European Private Law, Comparative Law and Private International Law (University of Innsbruck, Austria) |
| Since 2006 | Director of the Department of European, International and Comparative Private Law (law faculty of the University of Innsbruck, Austria) |
Teaching Experience
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Lectures and seminars on Austrian and German civil law, international and european private law, conflicts of laws and comparative private law. |
Current Research Interests
Austrian, German, and European private- and business law and civil procedure, comparative law and conflicts of laws, economic theory of law - particularly in the are of contract law, credit security and consumer law.
Functions
- Since 2006: Academic head of the Moot Court for Civil law
- until 2010: Member of the Council for Foreign Activities of the University of Innsbruck
- Since 2013: Member at the Board of Editors of “The European Legal Forum”
Memberships
- Since 1993: Member of the "Deutscher Juristentag"
- Since 1996: Member of the "Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung"
- Since 2000: Founding Member of the “Society of European Contract Law – Secola”
- Since 2002: Founding Member of the “Gesellschaft Recht und Ökonomik”
- Since 2003: Member of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht"
- Since 3/2012: Fellow European Law Institute
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