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Codification of Civil Law: Assessment, Reforms, Options

18 May 2023 | AM 10:00 - 19 May 2023 | PM 05:00

MTA Székház, Nagyterem
1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9.

18TH MAY, 2023

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Attila Menyhárd, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

10.00–10.10 Welcome speech
Prof. Dr. János Ede Szilágyi, Head of Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law; University of Miskolc

10.10–10.20 Opening address
Prof. Dr. Lajos Vékás, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Section 1

10.20–10.50 Current topics and theory of private law codification
Prof. Dr. Johannes Michael Rainer, Salzburg University

10.50–11.10 Codification of Civil Law in East Central Europe
Prof. Dr. Emőd Veress, Head of Department, Private Law, Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law; University of Miskolc

11.10–11.40 Coffee break

Section 2

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Hugh Beale, University of Warwick, Great Britain

11.40–12.00 The Reform of the German Law of Obligation I.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Basedow, Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg

12.00–12.20 The Reform of the German Law of Obligation II.
Prof. Dr. Oliver Remien, University Würzburg

12.20–12.40 On the New Civil Code of Hungary Prof. Dr. Attila Menyhárd, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

12.40–13.00 Integration of Family Law into the Hungarian Civil Code Prof. Dr. Tímea Barzó, University of Miskolc; general director, Central European Academy

13.00–14.20 Lunch break

Section 3

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Veronika Szikora, University of Debrecen

14.20–14.40 Codification and Reforms of Civil Law in Switzerland Prof. Dr. Christiana Fountoulakis, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

14.40–15.00 Codification of Civil Law in Serbia Extraord. Prof. Dr. Attila Dudás, University of Novi Sad

15.00–15.20 Codification of Civil Law in Croatia Prof. Dr. Tatjana Josipović, University of Zagreb

15.20–15.50 Coffee break

Section 4

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ádám Boóc, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest

15.50–16.10 Codification of Civil Law in Slovenia Prof. Dr. Miha Juhart, University of Ljubljana

16.10–16.30 Codification of Civil Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina Prof. Dr. Meliha Povlakić, University of Sarajevo

 

19TH MAY, 2023

Section 5

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Basedow, Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg

10.00–10.30 Alternative approach to codification: private law in the common law system
Prof. Dr. Hugh Beale, University of Warwick, Great Britain

10.30–10.50 On the New Civil Code of the Netherlands Assistant
Professor Dr. Harry Runia, University of Groningen, Netherlands

10.50–11.10 Recent Reforms of the Austrian Civil Code
Prof. Dr. Martin Schauer, University of Vienna

11.10–11.40 Coffee break

Section 6

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Márta Görög, University of Szeged

11.40–12.00 On the New Civil Code of the Czech Republic I.
Doc. JUDr. Milan Hulmák, University of Olomouc, Czech Republic

12.00–12.20 On the New Civil Code of the Czech Republic II.
Doc. JUDr. Filip Melzer, University of Olomouc, Czech Republic

12.20–12.40 Codification of Civil Law in Slovakia
Dr. Milan Hlusák, University of Trnava, Slovakia

12.40–14.20 Lunch break

Section 7

Moderator: Prof. Dr. László Kecskés, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Pécs

14.20–14.40 Recent Reforms of the Code civil I. TBC

14.40–15.00 Recent Reforms of the Code civil II. TBC

15.00–15.20 Codification of Civil Law in Spain
Prof. Dr. Javier Plaza, University of Valencia 

15.20–15.40 On the New Civil Code of Romania
Prof. Dr. Radu Rizoiu, University of Bucharest

15.40–16.10 Coffee break

Section 8

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Judit Fazekas, University of Győr

16.10–16.30 Codification and Reforms of the Codice civile
Prof. Dr. Claudio Scognamiglio, University of Rome

16.30–16.50 Codification of Civil Law in Poland
Prof. Dr. Piotr Stec, University of Opole, Poland

16.50–17.00 Concluding remarks
Prof. Dr. Emőd Veress, Head of Department, Private Law, Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparataive Law; University of Miskolc

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