Hein Kötz (born 14 November 1935) is a German jurist, former Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (MPI-PRIV), the Bucerius Law School and Vice President of the

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(DFG).

Biography

Kötz was born in Schneidemühl (

Posen-West Prussia The Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia (german: Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen, pl, Marchia Graniczna Poznańsko-Zachodniopruska) was a province of Prussia from 1922 to 1938. Posen-West Prussia was established in 1922 as a province of the Free ...

) (today Piła,

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) and received his doctorate at the

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in 1962. In 1963 he received his ''Master of Comparative Law'' at the

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and habilitated 1970 in

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. Kötz worked as a Professor at the

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...

in 1971–78 and as a judge at the Oberlandesgericht

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in 1975–78. In 1978 he moved to Hamburg, where he became the Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht), a position he held until the year 2000. He became a Professor at the University of Hamburg (1981–1998) and was a member of the advisory board of the Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung (1973–2001) and member of the

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(1986–1984). Kötz was the Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 1986–89, head of the humane discipline section of the

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(MPG) in 1988–1991 and member of the law of obligations commission at the German Federal Department of Justice in 1986–1991. Since 2000 Kötz is the President of the International Association of Legal Sciences and has been the first Director of the Bucerius Law School Hamburg.

Awards

* On June 2, 1995 Kötz received an

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from the Faculty of Law at

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* 2006: Bundesverdienstkreuz

English language publications

* ''Rights of Third Parties. Third Party Beneficiaries and Assignment'' in: ''International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law'' (Vol. III, Chapter 13). J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)/Martinus Nijhoff 1992. * (with Norbert Horn und Hans G. Leser): ''German Private and Commercial Law: An Introduction''. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1982. XVI.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotz, Hein 1935 births Living people People from Piła People from Posen-West Prussia Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany University of Hamburg alumni University of Konstanz faculty University of Hamburg faculty University of Michigan Law School alumni Max Planck Institute directors German jurists