How European is European Private International Law Sources, Court Practice, Academic Discourse

Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein is a Director at the Institute for Comparative and Private International Law at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He is the chairman of the Second Commission of the German Council for Private International Law, a member of the Board of the International Law Association's German branch and an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. He is the author of numerous books and articles on private international and comparative law which have been honoured by the Max Planck Society and the German Stock Corporation Institute.Professor Eva-Maria Kieninger is Professor of German and European Private Law and Private International Law at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany. She is a member of the German Council for Private International Law, the International Academy of Comparative Law and the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law. In honour of her work she has been elected a member of the Bavarian Academy of Science.Professor Giesela Rhl is Professor of Private International and Comparative Law at the University of Jena, Germany, and a Co-Founder and Co-Director of its Centre for European Studies. She is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the European Law Institute and the International Academy of Comparative Law. Her work has been honoured by the American Society of International Law, the German National Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Society