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Center for Regulation and Contract Law (CRCL)

Conference December 2024

The CRCL is pleased to invite you to the upcoming Conference on Regulation and Contract Law, which will take place on December 6-7, 2024, at the University of Zurich. The conference will feature discussions on various aspects of regulation within contractual relationships. Prof. Dr. Christoph Engel, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, will deliver the keynote speech on “Personalization as a Challenge for Contract Governance”, followed by panels with distinguished experts discussing the legitimate applications of contract law for regulatory purposes. This conference will also mark the inauguration of the CRCL. 

Participation is free, please register under this link. We look forward to you joining us!

 

Program

 

December 6, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 59, Room RAA G 01

9:00

Opening Speeches

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Heiss, Vice Dean (Zurich Univ.) 

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Yeşim M. Atamer, Director CRCL (Zurich Univ.)

9:15

Keynote Speech

Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph Engel (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods): Personalization as a Challenge for Contract Governance

I. Session: Do we Need to Regulate Contracts?

10:00 - 11:00

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Yeşim M. Atamer (Zurich Univ.)

Prof. Dr. Martijn Hesselink (European University Institute): Prefigurative Contract

Prof. Dr. Prince Saprai (University College London): Contract Law and the Common Good

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 - 12:20

Chair: Prof. Dr. Pascal Pichonnaz (President of the European Law Institute/Fribourg Univ.)

Prof. Dr. Alexander Hellgardt (Augsburg Univ.): Regulation between Public Interest and Freedom of Contract

Prof. Dr. Hans-W. Micklitz (European University Institute): The Hidden Regulation of b2b Contracts

 

II. Session: Regulatory Toolbox for Contracts

14:00 - 15:30

Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann (Zurich Univ.)

Prof. Dr. Eyal Zamir (Hebrew Univ.): Disclosures, Defaults, and Mandatory Rules: Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Interrelations

Prof. Dr. Florian Möslein (Marburg Univ.): How AI Will Change Default Rules

Prof. Dr. Anna Beckers (Maastricht Univ.): Regulation by Contract in Global Value Chains

15:30 - 15:50

Coffee break

15:50 - 16:50

Chair: Prof. Dr. Alessia Dedual (Zurich Univ.)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann (EBS Univ. for Business and Law): Price Reduction as a Regulatory Multi-Tool: Equivalence and Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (Pennsylvania Univ.): Psychology, Regulation, and Consumer Contracts (Zoom)

16:50 - 17:30

Prof. Dr. Hanoch Dagan (Berkeley Law School): Wrapping up the Day: Regulating Contracts – Strictly Speaking (Zoom)

 

December 7, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 74, Room RAI F 041

 

III. Session: Regulation of Specific Contractual Aspects

9:15 - 10:45

Chair: Prof. Dr. Anne-Christine Fornage (Lausanne Univ.)

Prof. Dr. Stefan Bechtold (ETH, Zurich): Privacy, Contracts & Compliance

Prof. Dr. Svenja Hippel (Bonn Univ.): Consumer Contract Regulation in Light of Algorithmic Personalisation

Prof. Dr. Dr. Yoan Hermstrüwer (Zurich Univ.): Fairness of “AI Courts”: Arbitration in Consumer Contracts

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 - 12:15

Chair: Prof. Dr. Kern Alexander (Zurich Univ.)

Prof. Dr. Danny Busch (Radboud Univ.): Freedom of Contract in the Financial Sector

Prof. Dr. Aline Darbellay (Zurich Univ.): Interactions Between Regulatory and Contractual Duties of Financial Services Providers