Prof. Dr. Martin Schermaier
Director
Vita
- Born 2.4.1963 in Attnang-Puchheim (Austria)
- Matura 1981 BG Vöcklabruck
- Study of Law (1981-1985), Political and Communication Studies (1982-1987) at Paris-Lodron and University of Salzburg
- magister iuris 1985
- Zivildienst 1990/91
- doctor iuris 1991
- Postdoctoral qualification1995
- married, three children
Prof. Dr. Martin Schermaier
Adenauerallee 24-42, Westturm 2. Etage
D-53113 Bonn
© Prof. Dr. Martin Schermaier
Publications
The academic work of Prof. Dr Martin Schermaier comprises a wide range of publications, including monographs, commentaries, edited volumes, as well as specialist articles and contributions to anthologies and academic journals.
Research and teaching
- Classical Roman Law and Modern History of Private Law
- Historical and Modern Comparative Law in Civil Law
- The influence of Philosophy and Theology on Civil Law Civil Law (in particular, the law of declarations of intent, the law of unjust enrichment, and the law of breach of contract)
- Research assistant (1983–85) and contract assistant (1985–87) at the Institute for Roman Law, History of Legal Doctrine and General Private Law (University of Salzburg)
- University Assistant at the same institute, under Wolfgang Waldstein and Theo Mayer-Maly (1987–1995)
- Assistant Professor in 1995 (University of Salzburg)
- Lecturer in Roman Law at the University of Regensburg, summer semester 1996
- Adjunct Professor at the University of Salzburg, 1997
- Acting Chair at the University of Münster, Chair of Roman and Civil Law, summer semester 1997–summer semester 1998
- Full Professor of Roman and Civil Law at the University of Münster, 10 July 1998
- Full Professor of Roman and Civil Law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 1 October 2005
- Appointments to the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (1998) and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2002)
- Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste, Klasse für Geisteswissenschaften (since 2007)
- Societé Internationale d’Histoire des Droits de l’Antiquité (SIHDA, Bruxelles)
- Associazione Internazionale per la ricerca Storico-Giuridica e Comparatistica (ARISTEC, Roma)
- Vereinigung Deutscher Rechtshistoriker
- Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung
- Académie des Privatistes Européens (Pavia)
- Juror of “Premio internazionale ‘Gérard Boulvert“ (since 2009)
- Member of the "Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies" (since2017)
Academic awards
- Premio Internazionale „Gérard Boulvert“, Napoli 1993 (for the best debut work in the field of ancient legal history, 1990-1992)
- Gold medal Università degli studi di Napoli „Federico II“, Napoli 1993
- Humboldt fellow Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, supervised by Rolf Knütel (1993/94)
- Fellow Käte Hamburger Kolleg „Recht als Kultur" Oktober 2011-March 2012