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Wainwright Chair in Civil Law

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John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award

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Biography

Helge Dedek is a full professor and the Wainwright Chair in Civil Law at 污污草莓视频 University鈥檚 Faculty of Law.听听

He is interested and has published in the areas of comparative law, (comparative and transnational) legal history, private law, and legal theory. In recent years, his work has focused, in particular, on the intellectual history of the concept of individual rights, and the colonial past (and present) of comparative law.听听

At 污污草莓视频, Professor Dedek teaches lecture courses and seminars on private law, comparative law, and the history of the Civil law tradition. At the Spring 2021 Convocation for the Faculty of Law, he鈥痳eceived鈥痶he John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence. From 2012 to 2016, he served as Director of the Institute of Comparative Law. He has been appointed Wainwright Chair in Civil Law in 2023 and will take on the role of Associate Dean (Academic) at the Faculty of Law in 2024.听听

Since 2014, he has been serving as the co-editor-in-chief of the鈥� and as a member of the Executive Committee of the . In 2020, he was elected Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. He has held several visiting positions abroad and also regularly taught, as鈥痯rofesseur associ茅, seminars on comparative law at the University Lausanne, Switzerland, from 2018 to 2021. He has been an invited Fellow at the interdisciplinary鈥�鈥痑t the University of Bonn, Germany, and at the鈥� in Hamburg, Germany.听听

Before joining 污污草莓视频 as a Boulton Fellow, Professor Dedek undertook doctoral studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn, Germany, where his dissertation received the award of the University Society (鈥�鲍苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟盲迟蝉驳别蝉别濒濒蝉肠丑补蹿迟鈥�) Bonn as best doctoral thesis in 2007. He completed his LL.M. at Harvard Law School as a Langdon H. Gammon fellow. He holds two German 鈥楽tate Examinations in Law鈥�, both with rare distinction, and held several prestigious scholarships throughout his studies.听

Education听

• PhD in Law (summa cum laude), University of Bonn, Germany, 2006听

• LLM, Harvard Law School, U.S.A., 2004听

• Second State Examination in Law (13.02), D眉sseldorf, Germany, 2000听

• First State Examination in Law (14.46), Cologne, Germany, 1997听

Employment听

• Arnold Wainwright Chair in Civil Law, 污污草莓视频 University, 2023-听

• Full Professor, Faculty of Law, 污污草莓视频 University, 2021-听

• Professeur associ茅鈥�(part-time appointment), University of Lausanne, Faculty of Law, Switzerland, 2018-2021听

• Editor-in-chief of the鈥疉merican Journal of Comparative Law, 2014-听

• Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, 污污草莓视频 University, 2012-2016听

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, 污污草莓视频 University, 2012-2020听

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, 污污草莓视频 University, 2007-2012听

• Boulton Fellow, Faculty of Law, 污污草莓视频 University, 2006-2007听

• Research and Teaching Fellow, Institute of Roman Law and Comparative Legal History, University of Bonn, 2005-2006听

• Candidate Notary (鈥淣otarassessor鈥�), Rhenish Chamber of Notaries, Germany, 2004-2005听

• Research and Teaching Fellow, Institute of Labour and Commercial Law, University of Cologne, 2001-2003听

• Clerkship, Court of Appeal, Cologne, Germany, 1998-2000听

Areas of Interest听

Comparative law, (comparative and transnational) legal history, private law, and legal theory. Professor Dedek is always interested in supervising graduate work in these areas.听

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