Matthias Storme
Matthias Edward Storme (* 1959 in Ghent ) is a Belgian lawyer and liberal-conservative thinker, writer and politician.
He studied law and philosophy at UFSIA in Antwerp (1976–1978) and at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1978–1981), both in Flanders and at Yale University in the United States . He conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and at the University of Bologna (Italy). He also spent some time at Stellenbosch University in South Africa .
He later became a law professor at the Universities of Leuven and Antwerp. He reads private law , European community law and comparative law . He was a member of the Lando Commission (Commission for a European Contract Law) and is a member of the Study Group on a European Civil Code (Chairman: Christian v. Bar) and the Acquis Group (Chairman: Hans Schulte-Nölke ).
He is editor of the "European review of private law / European journal for private law / Revue européenne de droit privé" (since foundation in 1991).
He is a member of the KAV Lovania Löwen , a friendship of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations, and of the KVHV- Leuven.
From 1996 to 2004 he was chairman of the Flemish Academic Association (Verbond der Vlaamse Academici, VVA).
On January 27, 2005 he was awarded the Nova Civitas Freedom Prize. The Gustave de Molinari lecture he gave was called: “The most basic freedom: the freedom to discriminate”.
He was also a member of the board of directors of the N-VA , a Flemish political party that seeks the dissolution of Belgium and the independence of Flanders.
Web links
- Matthias Storme Personal Page
- Flemish Conservatives
- In Flanders Fields Official Webpage
- Legal Systems and Traditions of the World
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Storme, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Storme, Matthias Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish lawyer and liberal-conservative thinker, writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |