Mathias Rohe
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe, M.A., Richter am OLG a.D.
DirectorTä
Organisation:Department of Civil Law and Civil ProcedureAbteilung:
Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law
Adresse: Schillerstraße 1
91054 Erlangen
Room 1.132
Telefonnummer: +49 9131 85-22823
E-Mail: mathias.rohe@jura.uni-erlangen.de
Office hours: during term-time Mo. 6-7 pm, during the non-lecture period on appointment
Personal details
| since 2021 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Islam Kolleg Deutschland e.V. |
| since 2018 | Ordinary member of the Bavarian Academy for Sciences and Humanities |
| since 2018 | Honorary doctor at the University of Ankara |
| since 2014 | Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law |
| 2011-2013 | Head of the Bavarian Ministry of Justice working group “Parallel Justice” |
| 2012-2013 | Head of the working group on “Islamism and Islamophobia” organized by the Austrian State Secretary for Integration (“Dialogforum Islam”) |
| 2011 | Conferment of the “Karl-Steinbauer-Zeichen” of the Bavarian Parish-brotherhood for Christian courage |
| since 2010 | Project group member of the second Deutsche Islamkonferenz (German Islam Conference) |
| since 2008 | Founding director of the Erlangen Centre for Islam and the Law in Europe |
| 2006-2009 | Member of the first German Islam Conference (Federal Ministry of the Interior), working group 2 (constitutional issues) |
| 2004-2006 | Dean of the Law Faculty in Erlangen |
| October 2004 | Rejection of an offer for the Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Tübingen |
| 2001-2007 | Judge at the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht), Nuremberg |
| July 1999 | Offer from the Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| September 1997 | Offer from the Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| Summer 1997 | Interim chairs in Augsburg and Potsdam |
| February 1997 | Habilitation in the fields of civil law, private international law and procedural law, comparative law and European law; habilitation thesis on complex contractual relationships (Netzverträge – Rechtsprobleme komplexer Vertragsverbindungen) |
| since 1997 | Extensive activities as an expert in parliaments and consultant in the fields of domestic and foreign governments; hundreds of interviews for German and international media |
| 1993-1997 | Assistant to Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel/University of Tübingen |
| 1993 | Doctorate (Dr. jur.) with a dissertation on private international law (on the application of lex loci delicti); Awarded the Reinhold-und-Maria-Teufel Foundation sponsorship prize |
| since 1991 | Various invitations to hold lectures on legal and Islamic topics (among others in Montreal, Ottawa, Yale, Harvard, Washington DC, St. Louis, Denver, Provo, Oxford, London, Leicester, Coventry, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Bergen, Leiden, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Leuven, Rennes, Strasbourg, Barcelona, Zurich, Bern, Salzburg, Vienna, Graz, Turin, Milan, Venice, Florence, Krakow, Budapest, Minsk, Fes, Casablanca, Istanbul, Ankara, Kayseri, Malatya, Beirut, Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman, Cairo, Tripoli, Kabul, Dushanbe, Lahore, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo, Kyoto, Kobe) |
| since 1990 | Publications in the fields of civil law, private international law, comparative law, European law, civil procedure, Islamic law as well as publications dealing with legal questions relating to Islam |
| 1990-1995 | Teaching courses in German law for foreign lawyers in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 1989-1992 | Practical legal training in Tübingen; Second State Examination |
| 1988-1993 | Assistant to Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rothoeft/University of Tübingen |
| 1981-1989 | Islamic Studies in Tübingen and Damascus (1984-85); Master’s degree with a thesis on classical Islamic law (Dealing with theft according to the four schools) |
| 1981-1988 | Study of law in Tübingen, First State Examination |
| 1979-1981 | Mandatory civilian service (in lieu of military service) at the Protestant Family Vacation Resort in Gomadingen |
| 1978-1979 | Worked as a cook in Saudi Arabia and for the delivery service of the German Federal Post Office (Deutsche Bundespost), Sojourn in various oriental countries |
| 1978 | Higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) at the Wirtemberg-Gymnasium Stuttgart-Untertürkheim; Scheffel Award for the best performance in German; Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
| since 1975 | Sojourns in the following Orient countries: Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Malaysia |
| 12.10.1959 | Born in Stuttgart |
Courses
Summer term 2022
- Introduction to Islamic Law II
- Islam and Law in Europe
- Basic Principles of Family Law
- Comparative Law
- Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence
Research profile
A. Islam and culture related issues
- Legal status of Islam in Germany and Europe and its development in an European context
- Islamic law, especially its development in present day
- Multicultural conflicts and intercultural communication
B. Civil/international law
- German and international banking and credit security law
- Legal position concerning complex contractual relationships
- German and international liability law
Publications
Links
Homepage of the Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law