Dedek, Helge Cluster Member
Current position(s), Institution
Professor, McGill University, Faculty of Law
Fields of expertise
- Private law
- European private law
- European legal history
- Comparative law
- German private law
- Legal education
Projects relevant to the cluster
- “The Rise and Fall of ‘Promise’ in the Civil Law Tradition” (comparative research project, focusing on the different civil law traditions in Contintal Europe – In work in progress)
- Book review (with Maître Alexandra Popovici): European Contract Law, Materials for a Common Frame of Reference: Terminology, Guiding Principles, Model Rules, Edited by the Association Henri Capitant & Société de législation comparée (München: Sellier European Law Publishers, 2008) (work in progress)
Publications related to European/EU Studies
- “Born to be Wild: The ‘Trans-systemic’ Programme at McGill and the De-Nationalization of Legal Education” (together with Armand de Mestral), in 10 (2009) German Law Journal & 16 (2009) Maastricht Journal for European and Comparative Law (joint symposium issue: “Following the Call for the Wild: The Promises and Perils of Transnationalizing Legal Education”) - forthcoming
- “Recht an der Universität: ‘Wissenschaftlichkeit’ der Juristenausbildung in Nordamerika” (“Law at University: The Paradigm of ‘Scholarship’/’Scientificity’ in Northamerican Legal Education”), in 64 (2009) Juristenzeitung - forthcoming.
- “Border Control: Some Comparative Remarks on the Cartography of Obligations” in: R. Bronaugh/ J. Neyers/ S. Pitel (eds), Exploring Contract Law (Oxford, Hart Publishers, 2009), pp. 25-49.
- “Negative Haftung aus Vertrag” (“Reliance-based Contractual Liability”), Monograph, (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007), 315 pp.
Open to media contact
YES
Office Phone Number
(514) 398-1296
Department Phone Number
(514) 398-6666
E-mail
Other important publications
- Commentary on §§ 241, 244, 247, 275, 276, 280-288, 291, 296, 311a of the German Civil Code (BGB), in: M. Henssler/Graf von Westphalen (eds.), Praxis der Schuldrechtsreform (Recklinghausen: ZAP-Verlag, 2001), pp. 117-230; 243-251.
- “Proposals for Amending Articles 21 and 22 of the Brussels Convention”, in: 8 (2000) European Review of Private Law (ERPL), pp. 257-279 (with K. Otte and H. Prütting).
- “Besitzschutz im römischen, deutschen und französischen Recht” (“The Protection of Possession in Roman, German and French Law”), in: (1997) Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP), p. 342-365.
Education and professional achievements
- 2007 Assistant Professor of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 2006 Maxwell Boulton Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 2006, Ph.D. in Law (summa cum laude), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn, Germany
- 2004 – 2005, Candidate Notary, Rhenish Chamber of Notaries, Cologne, Germany
- 2004, LL.M., Harvard Law School (Landon H. Gammon Fellow), Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2000 Second State Examination in Law (13.02 pointes), Duesseldorf, Germany
- 1997 First State Examination in Law (14.46 points), Cologne, Germany
Courses taught
- Contractual Obligations – 1st year mandatory lecture course
- Advanced Civil Law Obligations – 2nd year mandatory lecture course
- Current Private Law Problems: Tracing the ‘Civilian’ Identity – seminar
- Legal Traditions (with Prof. H. Patrick Glenn) – graduate level seminar
Fluent spoken languages
English, German
Fluent written languages
English, German
Helge Dedek is interested in and has published in the areas of (European and German) private law, in particular the law of obligations, (comparative) legal history, comparative law, legal theory, legal education, and Roman law. He is currently undertaking a research project (2008-2011) “The Rise and Fall of ‘Promise’ in the Civil Law Tradition,” supported with funding from the Fonds de Recherche sur la Societé et la Culture Québec (FRSQ).
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