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past seminars


Dillbary: Signaling by Harming – Experimental Analysis 

16 July 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Henry Ford Building | Garystr. 35 | Konferenzraum II, hybrid event

Seminar with John Shahar Dillbary (Scalia Law School, George Mason University)


Paas: Folgenorientierung – Amateursoziologie von der Richterbank oder Pflicht der Wissenschaft? 

15 May 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Henry Ford Building, Konferenzraum II, hybrid event

Seminar with Susanne K. Paas (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory)

Joint seminar with LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion


Yamanaka: Managerial Ownership and Firm Value: Evidence from Japan

10 May 2024, 2:15–3:45 p.m., Raum 013, Thielallee 73, hybrid event

Seminar with Toshiaki Yamanaka (University of Tsukuba)

Joint Seminar with FACTS Research Center of the School of Business and Economics


Klerman: Legal Origin from Outer Space

2 May 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 1107, hybrid event

Seminar with Dan Klerman (USC Gould School of Law)

Joint seminar with LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion


Schmolke: Whistleblowing: Incentives and Situational Determinants

7 February 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Thielallee 73, Room 013, hybrid event

Seminar with Klaus-Ulrich Schmolke (Universität Mainz)


Morell: Should cartel sanctions be reduced in case the offender runs a corporate compliance program?

25 January 2024, 2:15–3:45 p.m., Thielallee 73, Room 013, hybrid event

Seminar with Alexander Morell (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)


Lieberknecht, Nemeczek: The Reasons Highest Courts Give: England vs. Germany, 1880-1889 vs. 2007-2016

23 January 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 4404, hybrid event

Seminar with Markus Lieberknecht (Universität Osnabrück) and Heinrich Nemeczek


Uhl: Introducing a criminological bribery game. An experimental research design for the analytic study of corrupt decision-making

12 January 2024, 2:00–3:30 p.m., Thielallee 73, Room 013, hybrid event

Seminar with Andrzej Uhl (University of Cambridge)


Silvers: Institutional mobility in global capital markets

24 November 2023, 2:15–3:45 p.m., Thielallee 73, Room 013, hybrid event (online presentation)

Seminar with Roger Silvers (University of Utah)


Krebs: Abobve the Law: Drones, Aerial Vision, and the Law of Armed Conflict – A Socio-Technical Approach

24 October 2023, 12:30–2:00 p.m., Garystraße 35 (HFB), Conference Room II, hybrid event

Seminar with Shiri Krebs (Deakin University)


Sarel: Framing Effects in Proportionality Analysis: Experimental Evidence

11 July 2023, 12:30–2:00 p.m., Garystraße 35 (HFB), Conference Room II, hybrid event

Seminar with Roee Sarel (University of Hamburg)


Jung: Group differences regarding moral and legal beliefs: Does professional practice shape expectations and judgment in contract negotiations?

29 June 2023, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Garystraße 35 (HFB), Conference Room II, hybrid event

Seminar with Stefanie Jung (Technische Universität München)

Joint seminar with LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion


Hoeft: Law and Reputation

8 June 2023, 2:15–3:30 p.m., Thielallee 73, Seminar room 010, hybrid event

Seminar with Leonard Hoeft (Humboldt Universität)

Joint seminar with the Management & Marketing Department of the School of Business and Economics and LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion

Part of the seminar series Preventing Corporate Misconduct


Traag: Causal foundations of bias, disparity and fairness

25 May 2023, 2:15–3:45 p.m., Garystraße 21, HS 108a, hybrid event

Seminar with Vincent A. Traag (Leiden University)

Joint seminar with the Management & Marketing Department of the School of Business and Economics and LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion

Part of the seminar series Preventing Corporate Misconduct


Briscoe-Tran: Do Employees Have Useful Information About Firms’ ESG Practices?

19 May 2023, 2:15–3:45 p.m., Thielallee 73, Seminar room 010, hybrid event with remote presentation

Seminar with Hoa Briscoe-Tran (Ohio State University)

Joint Seminar with FACTS Research Center of the School of Business and Economics and LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion

Part of the seminar series Preventing Corporate Misconduct


Kling: Nachvollziehbare quantitative Aussagen bei komplexen Datenquellen: Vom Deutschen Reichsanzeiger zur Konkurshistorischen Datenbank für das Deutsche Kaiserreich

24 April 2023, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 4404, hybrid event

Seminar with Christoph Kling (Hengeler Mueller)


Fallak: Quantitative Prognosemethoden zur Ermittlung der Überschuldung oder Zahlungsunfähigkeit bei beschränkten Haftungsmassen

31 January 2023, 6:15-7:45 p.m., Boltzmannstr. 3, Room 4404, hybrid event (join here via Webex)

Seminar with Thomas Fallak (Wellensiek)


Kuiper: A Network Approach to Compliance: A Complexity Science Understanding of How Rules Shape Behavior

13 January, 2:15-3:45 p.m., Thielallee 73, Room 013, hybrid event

Seminar with Malouke Kuiper (University of Amsterdam)

Joint Seminar with FACTS-Research Center of the School of Business and Economics

Part of LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion.


Bögelein: Ersatzfreiheitsstrafe - Empirische Daten und politische Debatte

14 December 2022, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Seminar with Nicole Bögelein (University of Cologne)


Schreiner: Die Vermessung des Mietrechts

6 December 2022, 6:15-7:45 p.m., hybrid event

Seminar with Pirmin Emanuel Schreiner (Gleiss Lutz)


Lowenstein Lazar/Baum/Gafni: Gender and Corporate Crime: Do Women on the Board of Directors Reduce Corporate Bad Behavior?

25 November 2022, 2:00-4:00 p.m., hybrid event

Seminar with Ruthy Lowenstein Lazar (COLMAN, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel)

Joint seminar with FACTS-Research Center of the School of Business and Economics

Part of LSCThe Laws of Social Cohesion


Letelier: Institutional und ideological influences on judicial decision making of judges in Chile

23 November 2022, 12:00 p.m., hybrid event

Seminar with Cristián Letelier (University of Chile)


Schliehe/Turner: Women’s Imprisonment, Social Control and the Carceral State

18 July 2022, 18:00 p.m. (s.t.), online

Seminar with Anna Schliehe (University of Oldenburg) and Jennifer Turner (University of Oldenburg)

For virtual attendance, please join here.


Laumond: Die Kartenspielmethode in der vergleichenden Kriminologie: Der Fall der geschlechtsbezogenen Gewalt in Deutschland und Frankreich

5 July 2022, 18:00 p.m. (s.t.), Van't-Hoff-Str. 8, Hörsaal I

Seminar with Bénédicte Laumond (University of Versailles)


Tomer/Shikhelman: Rethinking Human Rights Proliferation as Density: A Computational Analysis of 180,000 UN Recommendations

12 May 2022, 12:30 a.m. (s.t.), Henry Ford Building, lecture hall D

Seminar with Tomer Broude (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Vera Shikhelman (University of Haifa/Freie Universität Berlin)


Burri: The Human Decision in International Law

2 May 2022, 4:00 p.m. (s.t.), Konferenzraum II, Garystr. 35 (physical/virtual event)

Seminar with Thomas Burri (University of St. Gallen)

Part of LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion.


Momsen/Ross: Hinweisgeber und ihre Anwälte als Ermittler – ein Vergleich der Rolle des Whistleblowings im deutschen und amerikanischen Recht

18 February 2022, 2:00 p.m. (s.t.), Senatssaal, Henry-Ford-Bau, Garystr. 35

Seminar with Carsten Momsen (Freie Universität Berlin) and Jacqueline E. Ross (University of Illinois College of Law)

Joint Seminar with FACTS-Research Center of the School of Business and Economics

Part of LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion.

Physical attendance requires registration.


Müller: DatabaseConstructor – Lösung zum Aufbau wissenschaftlicher Datenbanken

05 January 2022. 6:00 p.m. (s.t.), Boltzmannstraße 3, Raum 3306

Seminar with Charles Müller (Freie Universität Berlin)


Fabbri: The Double Dividend of Property Institutions

16 December 2021, 6:00 p.m. (s.t.), Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 2213 (physical/virtual event)

Seminar with Marco Fabbri (Universitat Pompeu Fabra & Amsterdam Center of Law and Economics)

Part of LSC—The Laws of Social Cohesion.


Morgenstern: Zugang zum Recht für Strafgefangene

1 December 2021, 6:00 p.m. (s.t.), Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 2213 (physical/virtual event)

Seminar with Christine Morgenstern (Freie Universität Berlin)


Peacemaking - A Critical Reconstruction of Fieldmaking Attempts (1989-2021)

22 June 2021, 11:00 a.m. (c.t.), online

Lecture with Sarah Nouwen (European University Institute)


Biographical Approaches to the History of Human Rights

8 June 2021, 11:00 a.m. (c.t.), online

Lecture with Daniel Stahl (University of Jena)


Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy

25 to 27 May, 2:00-4:00 pm CEST, online

5th Annual Oxford Business Law Blog Conference


Statutory Interpretation from the Outside

11 May 2021, 06:00 p.m. (c.t.), online

Seminar with Kevin Tobia (Georgetown University Law Center)


A Statistical Test for Legal Interpretation: Theory and Applications

27 April 2021, 07:00 p.m. (c.t.), online

Seminar with Julian Nyarko (Stanford Law School)


Ertragswert und Börsenwert – Empirische Daten zur Preisfindung beim Delisting

16 February 2021, 12:30 p.m. (s.t.), online

Seminar with Martin Weimann (Rechtsanwalt, Verbraucherzentrale für Kleinanleger, Berlin)


The Role of Victims in the Enforcement of Post-Holocaust Transitional Justice Process

15 December 2020, 6 p.m. (c.t.), online

Seminar with Valeria Vegh Weis (University of Buenos Aires/Freie Universität Berlin)


Self Representation in Israeli Traffic Courts

18 November 2020, 6 p.m. (c.t.), online

Seminar with Vera Shikhelman (Haifa University/Freie Universität Berlin)


Regional Common Law

22 January 2020, 6 p.m. (c.t.), Room 2202, Boltzmannstr. 3

Seminar with Yun-chien Chang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)


Those Who Tan and Those Who Don’t: A Natural Experiment on Colorism

12 December 2019, 6 p.m. (c.t.),  Room 2202, Boltzmannstr. 3

Seminar with Shay Lavie (Tel Aviv University, Israel)


Judging Around the World: Experimental, Clickstream, and Writing Evidence from the Lab

3 December 2019, 6 p.m. (c.t.), Room 3302, Boltzmannstr. 3

Seminar with Holger Spamann (Harvard Law School, United States)