Haimo Schack
Haimo Schack (born August 16, 1952 in Düsseldorf ) is a German legal scholar and judge at the Higher Regional Court a. D. From 1993 to 2019 he held the chair for civil law, international private and civil procedural law and copyright law at the University of Kiel .
Life
Schack was born in Düsseldorf in 1952. He studied law at the University of Cologne , where he also received his doctorate in 1978 and qualified as a professor in 1985. He completed research stays in Strasbourg (1976/1977) and 1981/1982 at the University of California, Berkeley , where he received an LL.M. graduated. He took over professorships in Trier and Heidelberg .
In 1986 Schack was offered a professorship at the University of Bonn ; two years later, Schack followed a call to Bielefeld University , where he worked until 1993. He has been a member of the German Council for International Private Law since 1989 . In 1993 he was appointed professor of civil law, international private and civil procedural law and copyright law at the University of Kiel . In 1998 he turned down a call to the University of Cologne . From 1995 to 2005 he was a second main judge at the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court . In 1991 he founded the ius vivum study foundation based in Dormagen . In 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois .
Schack lives in Schierensee .
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Schack's research focuses on German civil and civil procedural law, as well as private international law and comparative law, especially in the area of US law. He continues to publish on questions of German and international copyright law with its personal and artistic references.
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Publications
- Linking up copyright law in international private law (1979, dissertation)
- Jurisdictional minimum contacts scrutinized: Interstate and international jurisdiction of US courts (1983, LL.M. thesis).
- The place of performance in German, foreign and international private and civil procedure law (1985, habilitation thesis).
- Introduction to US Civil Procedure Law (1988, 4th ed. 2011).
- Civil law in 100 key decisions (1989, 6th edition 2011, 1st – 5th edition under the title "Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Civil Law", together with Hans-Peter Ackmann). Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-16-150944-5 .
- BGB - General Part (1991, takeover of Harry Westermann's work , 15th edition 2016).
- International Law of Civil Procedure (1991, 7th edition 2017).
- Copyright and copyright contract law (1997, 9th edition 2019).
- Art and Law (2004, 3rd edition 2017).
- Intellectual property in 50 key decisions (together with Florian Jotzo and Benjamin Raue) , Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2012
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Haimo Schack in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet presence of the chair for civil law, international private and civil procedural law, copyright law at the University of Kiel
- Studienstiftung ius vivum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schack, Haimo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Šak, Chajmo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |