Biography
Peter Hay
L.Q.C. Lamar Professor of Law
Curriculum Vitae
Publications List
Areas of Expertise
Conflict of Laws, European Community Law, Comparative Law, Contracts and Sales, Jurisprudence
Biography
Peter Hay is one of the most distinguished comparative law scholars in the country. He was Alumni Distinguished Professor of Law and dean at the University of Illinois before coming to Emory in 1991.
Since 1975, Professor Hay has been an honorary professor at the University of Freiburg in Germany. In 1989, Professor Hay received the research prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. He was elected a titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, a member of the American Law Institute in 1984 and a member of the American Academy of Foreign Law in 1986.
Professor Hay's research has focused on the fields of conflict of laws, European Community law, comparative law, contracts and sales, and jurisprudence. From 1994-2000 he held, concurrently with his Emory appointment, the chair for Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law and Comparative Law at the University of Dresden, Germany, where he served as dean of its law faculty from 1997-2000.
Education: BA, JD, University of Michigan, 1958.
Publications
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American Covenant Marriage in the Conflict of Laws, The 64 La. L. Rev. 43 (2003-2004) 2004
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Review Essay: Friedrich Juenger and U.S. Conflicts Law 6 Unif. L. Rev. n.s. 691 2001
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From Rule-Orientation to Approach in German Conflicts Law - The Effect of the 1986 and 1999 Codifications 47 Am. J. Comp. L. 633 1999
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Common Market Countries Apporoach to East-West Trade 1 Int'l Soc'y Stan. L. Sch. Proc. 11 1996
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Bridging the Gap between Rules and Approaches in Tort Choice of Law in the United States: A Survey of Current Case Law 27 Int'l L. 369 1993
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Recognition and Enforcement of American Money-Judgments in Germany - The 1992 Decision of the German Supreme Court, The 40 Am. J. Comp. L. 729 1992
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Transient Jurisdiction, Especially over International Defendants: Critical Comments on Burnham v. Superior Court of California 1990 U. Ill. L. Rev. 593 (1990) 1990
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Introduction 1989 U. Ill. L. Rev. 35 (1989) 1989
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Judicial Jurisdiction and Choice of Law: Constitutional Limitations 59 U. Colo. L. Rev. 9 (1988) 1988
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Refining Personal Jurisdiction in the United States 35 Int'l & Comp. L.Q. 32 1986
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Case for Federalizing Rules of Civil Jurisdiction in the European Community, The 82 Mich. L. Rev. 1323 1984
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Judicial Jurisdiction over Foreign-Country Corporate Defendants - Comments on Recent Case Law 63 Or. L. Rev. 431 (1984) 1984
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Full Faith and Credit and Federalism in Choice of Law 34 Mercer L. Rev. 709 1983
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Comments on Self-Limited Rules of Law in Conflicts Methodology 30 Am. J. Comp. L. Supp. 129 (1982) 1982
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Reflections on Conflict-of-Laws Methodology 32 Hastings L.J. 1644 (1980-1981) 1981
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Concluding Remarks 32 Hastings L.J. 1684 (1980-1981) 1981
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Interrelation of Jurisdiction and Choice-of-Law in United States Conflicts Law, The 28 Int'l & Comp. L.Q. 161 1979
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Agency in the Conflict of Laws and the 1978 Hague Convention 27 Am. J. Comp. L. 1 (1979) 1979
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Proposed U.S.-U.K. Recognition-of-Judgments Convention: Another Perspective, The 18 Va. J. Int'l L. 753 1978
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Proposed U.S.-U.K. Recognition-of-Judgments Convention: Another Perspective, The 18 Va. J. Int'l L. 753 1978
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Unjust Enrichment in the Conflict of Laws: A Comparative View of German Law and the American Restatement 2d 26 Am. J. Comp. L. 1 (1977-1978) 1978
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EMI/CBS and the Rest of the World: Trademark Rights and the European Communities 25 Am. J. Comp. L. 120 (1977) 1977
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Proposed Recognition-of-Judgments Convention between the United States and the United Kingdom, The 11 Tex. Int'l L. J. 421 (1976) 1976
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Community Court and Supremacy of Community Law: A Progress Report, The 8 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 651 (1974-1975) 1975
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Supremacy of Community Law in National Courts 17 Am. J. Comp. L. 93 (1969) 1969
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International Unification of Law: A Symposium, The 16 Am. J. Comp. L. 1 (1968) 1968
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Common Market Preliminary Draft Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments - Some Considerations of Policy and Interpretation, The 16 Am. J. Comp. L. 149 (1968) 1968
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Supremacy of Community Law in National Courts: A Progress Report on Referrals under the EEC Treaty 16 Am. J. Comp. L. 524 (1968) 1968
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Some Aspects of East-West Trade in Britain, Germany and the Common Market 1 Stud. L. & Econ. Dev. 122 1966
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Supranational Organizations and United States Constitutional Law 6 Va. J. Int'l L. 195 (1965-1966) 1966
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International and Supranational Organizations: Some Problems of Conceptualization 1965 U. Ill. L.F. 733 (1965) 1965
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Contribution of the European Communities to International Law, The 59 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 195 1965
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United States and International Unification of Law: The Tenth Session of the Hague Conference, The 1965 U. Ill. L.F. 820 (1965) 1965
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Four Lectures on the Common Market: Trade Provisions--German and French Company Law - Establishment 24 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 685 (1962-1963) 1963
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Some Problems of Doing Business in the Regional Markets of Europe 17 Rutgers L. Rev. 305 1963
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Federal Jurisdiction of the Common Market Court 12 Am. J. Comp. L. 21 (1963) 1963
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European Common Market and the Most-Favored-Nation Clause, The 23 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 661 (1961-1962) 1962
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Problems of United States Participation in the European Common Market 23 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 595 1962
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Frustration and Its Solution in German Law 10 Am. J. Comp. L. 345 (1961) 1961
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Legal Remedies of Enterprises in the European Economic Community 9 Am. J. Comp. L. 375 (1960) 1960
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