Erik Jayme

Erik Jayme (8 June 1934 – 1 May 2024) was a German jurist.^[1] Until his retirement in 2002, he was professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Heidelberg.^[1] From 1997 to 1999, he served as president of the Institut de Droit International^[1] and served as vice president of The Hague Academy of International Law from 2004 to 2024.^[2][3][4] Jayme died on 1 May 2024, at the age of 89.^[5]

Erik Jayme
Born	(1934-06-08)8 June 1934 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	1 May 2024(2024-05-01) (aged 89) Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Citizenship	German
Scientific career
Fields	Private law, Private international law, Comparative law
Institutions	University of Heidelberg

Academic life

Jayme was born in Montreal in 1934.^[1][3][6] In 1973/1974, he was a full professor at the University of Münster, and afterwards he was at the University of Munich.^[3][6] From 1983 to 2002, he was a full professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Heidelberg.^[3][6][7]

Memberships and honours

Jayme was member of the Institut de Droit International whose president he was from 1997 to 1999.^[1][3] From 2004 until his death, he was vice president of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.^[1][3] He was honorary doctor of the universities of Ferrara (1991),^[1][3][6] Budapest (2000),^[1][3] Montpellier (2003),^[1][3][6] Porto Alegre (UFRGS) (2003)^[1][6] and Coimbra, Académicien titulaire of the Académie internationale de droit comparé (Paris).^[6][8] He was a member of the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (1989),^[6][9] Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (2004)^[3] and a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005).^[10] In 2008, he received the Order of the Southern Cross.^[7]