Helge Dedek
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Helge Dedek. is a German-Canadian professor[1] at the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he holds the Wainwright Chair in Civil Law.[2][3] His research lie in comparative law, legal history, Roman law and theory of private law.[4]
Education[edit]
Having obtained the first and second German State Examinations in Law, Dedek held research positions at the University of Cologne and the University of Bonn while pursuing graduate studies.[5] He received his LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School and a doctoral degree from the University of Bonn, Germany.[6]
Academic Career[edit]
Helge Dedek joined the Faculty of Law at McGill University as an assistant professor in 2007[2]. In 2012, he was promoted to associate professor with tenure and appointed director of the Institute of Comparative Law, a role he held until 2016[2]. In 2014, he began his tenure as co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Comparative Law[7].
In 2021, Dedek received the John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence at McGill University Faculty of Law[8].
He was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2021[9]. In 2023, he was appointed to the Arnold Wainwright Chair in Civil Law[10][11]
Helge Dedek is an elected Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.[12]
He is currently (2024) serving as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Comparative Law.[13]
Academic Timeline[edit]
- Professeur Associé (Législations étrangères, droit comparé et transnational), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2018 - 2021.
- Director, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University, 2012 - 2016.
- Associate Professor (with tenure), McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2012 - 2020.
- Assistant Professor (tenure-track), McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2007 - 2012. • Maxwell Boulton Fellow, McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2006 - 2007.
- Boursier post-doctoral, Institut d'études européennes (IEE), Centre d’excellence sur l’Union européenne, Université de Montréal / McGill University, 2006 - 2007.
- Research Fellow / Tutor (full-time), Institut für Römisches Recht und Vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte, University of Bonn, 2005 - 2006.
- Research Fellow / Tutor (full-time), Institut für Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsrecht, University of Cologne, 1998 - 2003.
- Teaching / Research Assistant, Institut für Römisches Recht, University of Cologne, 1994 - 1996.
Publications[edit]
- Dedek, Helge, ed. (2021) A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108894760 OCLC 1256592093
- Dedek, Helge, & Werro, Franz, eds., What we write about when we write about comparative law: Pierre Legrand's critique in discussion. American Journal of Comparative Law 65, Special Issue, 2017.
- Dedek, Helge & Van Praagh, Shauna (2015), Stateless Law, Routledge ISBN 9781138720039 OCLC 1120659237
- Dedek, Helge. "Private law rights as democratic participation: Kelsen on private law and (economic) democracy." University of Toronto Law Journal 71, no. 3 (2021): 376-414.
- Dedek, Helge. "Duties of love and self-perfection: Moses Mendelssohn’s theory of contract." Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 32, no. 4 (2012): 713-739.
- Dedek, Helge. "A Particle of Freedom: Natural Law Thought and the Kantian Theory of Transfer by Contract”(2012) 25." Canadian Journal Law & Jurisprudence 2: 313.
Peer Accolades (abbreviated)[edit]
- John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award, McGill Faculty of Law (selected by the students of the Faculty via the McGill Law Students Association), 2021.
- Elected Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, 7/2021.
- McGill Faculty of Law Research Award, 2017.
- Elected Honorary Corresponding Member of the German Association of Comparative Law, 6/2016 - present.
- Elected Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, 6/2013.
- BRAVO McGill, McGill University, Montreal, February 10/17, 2009.
- Award of the Universitätsgesellschaft Bonn (University Society Bonn), 2007. Annual award for the best works by doctoral students of all faculties of the University of Bonn.
- Award of the Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft: in support of the publication of an outstanding work of scholarship, 2006.
- Award of the Editors of the “Journal of European Private Law” (“Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht”) – Prof. Reinhard Zimmermann, Prof. Jürgen Basedow et al.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. Helge Dedek - Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Recht als Kultur"". www.recht-als-kultur.de. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Helge Dedek". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "Wainwright Chair in civil law". The Wainwright Fund. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. Helge Dedek - Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Recht als Kultur"". www.recht-als-kultur.de. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ↑ Örücü E (2007) Developing comparative law. In Örücü E and Nelken D (eds), Comparative Law: A Handbook. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 43, 49.
- ↑ "Gastprofessor Helge Dedek". juridicum.univie.ac.at.
- ↑ "The American Journal of Comparative Law". OUP Academic. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "Helge Dedek receives 2021 Durnford Teaching Excellence Award". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "Helge Dedek promoted to Full Professor". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "Helge Dedek, Frédéric Mégret, and Colleen Sheppard named to prestigious research chairs". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "The Wainwright Fund". The Wainwright Fund.
- ↑ "Members by Country and Status | AIDC - IACL". Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "Editorial Board". The American Journal of Comparative Law. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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