In February 1999 the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law was founded. The seat of the Centre is Vienna. Organs of the Centre are the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors.

The Supervisory Board decides on the general outline of the Centre and the projects to be carried out, the timetable of the projects as well as on the financial covering. Furthermore, it supervises the Board of Directors.

Members of the Supervisory Board are:

Academics:

Prof. Kerameus, Athens

Prof. Schulze, Münster

Prof. Viney, Paris

Prof. Widmer, Lausanne (chair).

Representatives of the sponsors:

Dr. Hopf, Austrian Ministry of Justice

Dr. Kempkens, MunichRe

Dr. Kneucker, Austrian Ministry of Science

Dr. Laurer, Austrian Insurance Alliance.

Advisory members are:

Prof. Busnelli, Pisa

Prof. Spier, Den Haag.

The Board of Directors deals with the realization of the research projects, organization of the meetings, publications, building up of the library and other current transactions.

Members of he Board of Directors are:

Prof. Faure, Maastricht

Prof. Fenyves, Vienna (executive vice-director)

Prof. Koziol, Vienna (executive director)

Prof. Magnus, Hamburg (executive vice-director)

Prof. Rogers, Nottingham.

The Centre has nominated Fellows who contribute to the research projects.

Right now, Fellows are:

Prof. Akkermans, Amsterdam

Prof. Comandé, Pisa

Prof. Cousy, Leuven

Prof. Dobbs, Tucson

Prof. Dufwa, Stockholm

Prof. du Perron, Amsterdam

Dr. Galand-Carval, Paris

Prof. García Rubio, Santiago de Compostela

Dr. Gilead, Jerusalem

Prof. Hausheer, Bern

Prof. Hinteregger, Graz

Prof. Honka, Ĺbo, Turku

Prof. Koch, Innsbruck

Prof. Martin-Casals, Girona

Prof. Monteiro, Coimbra

Prof. Neethling, Pretoria

Prof. O'Dell, Dublin

Prof. Ponzanelli, Brescia

Prof. Posch, Graz

Prof. Schiemann, Tübingen

Prof. Schilcher, Graz

Prof. Schwartz , Los Angeles

Prof. Tercier, Freiburg

Dr. van Boom, Tilburg

Prof  Wendehorst, Göttingen

Prof. Will, Genčve

Prof. Winiger, Genčve

 

At present, the Centre is endowed by the Ministries of Justice of Austria and Switzerland, the Austrian Ministry of Science, German and Austrian insurers and other institutions. The Centre tries to get the support of ministries of justice of other countries and further institutions.

The Vienna staff of Ectil is as follows:

Mag. Walter Doralt
Mag. Irene Faber 
Dr. Sabine Gantner
Mag. Kathrin Karner
Mag. Ulla Otti
Dr. Friedrich Popp
Mag. Barbara Steininger
Donna Stockenhuber MA
Mag. Lisa Zeiler

See also the Rules of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law

 

 

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