Prof. Dr. Martin Löhnig
Vita

Study of Law
Ph.D. (2001) and Habilitation (2006) in Regensburg
since 1 March 2007 Professor of Civil Law, History of Law and Church Law in Konstanz
Research Areas
History of Law: Legal history, in particular of the 19th and 20th century, especially legal standardization through judgments, influencing of the legislation of smaller states by means of guiding state laws and the new orientation of civil law since 1945
Civil Law: Dogmatic fundamental questions of civil law, family law and inheritance law, with reference to neighboring disciplines
Function within the Center
Research Project: “Legal Standardization Despite Legal Binding (Rechtsbindung)? – The Judgment of the Reich Court on the German Particular Laws (Partikularrechten) between 1879 and 1909“
Selected Publications
Staff on the Encyclopedia of Modernity (2005ff.) edited by the Cultural-Scientific Institute at the Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen
Spousal Gifts (Ehegattenschenkungen) in the General State Law for the Prussian States of 1794—Origin and Continuance of the Rules (2005)
Custodianship (Treuhand)– Maintenance and Conflicts of Interest (2006)
The Facts of Common-Law Partnerships (Monographic Commentary) (2007)
Protection of the Intellectual Property of Authors in Prussian State Law of 1794 (2007)
Kontakt
Tel. ++49 7531 88-3520
E-Mail martin.loehnig[at]uni-konstanz.de
Room C 433
University of Konstanz