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Donations
Professor Giuseppe Tarzia (2013)
The personal library of Giuseppe Tarzia (1930-2005), late professor of civil procedural law at the University of Milan, was donated by Prof. Tarzia’s widow, Mrs Roselisa Rampi De Marco. The collection holds around 4500 titles and particularly covers the fields of Italian and European procedural law, including first editions and copies in fine bindings. Photo: Professor Giuseppe Tarzia
Professor Adriano De Cupis (2014)
The personal library of Adriano De Cupis (1914-2005), late professor of civil law at Sapienza University, was received by the MPI Luxembourg thanks to the generosity of Prof. De Cupis’ daughters with the support of Prof. Avv. Bruno Sassani. The library holds more than 3500 titles, especially covering Italian and European civil law, civil procedural law and private international law, with rare and historical items. Photo: Professor Adriano De Cupis
Professor Erik Jayme (2014)
Professor Erik Jayme, Director emeritus at the University of Heidelberg, generously donated twice to the MPI Luxembourg Library, in 2014 and 2018. The donations include 52 titles of the “Studien zum vergleichenden und internationalen Recht / Comparative and International Law Studies” series, as well as 275 journal issues and 258 monographs relating to civil law, private international law, and comparative law studies. Photo: Professor Erik Jayme
Avvocato Gian Domenico Spota (2015)
Former member of the Legal departments of the World Bank and of the European Investment Bank, Avvocato Gian Domenico Spota donated a collection, in Italian and English, composed of more than 250 books and 90 journal volumes namely first year issues of “Il Foro italiano” and “Diritto del commercio internazionale” which thoroughly integrate our previous acquisitions. Photo: Avvocato Gian Domenico Spota
Professor Catherine Kessedjian (2016)
Catherine Kessedjian, professor at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II and President of the International Law Association-French Branch, donated an important part of her personal library to the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. The donation holds 466 books and 25 journals (1784 issues and 89 bound volumes, including “La Gazette du Palais” since 1943 until 1999). Photo: Professor Catherine Kessedjian
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (2016)
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Luxembourg (MAEE) donated to the MPI Luxembourg Library around 300 books, including 21 rare publications. This has been possible thanks to the cooperation of both Mme Louise Åkerblom for the MAEE and the Luxembourg Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists (ALBAD) who facilitated the contact with the Ministry. The donation enrich our collection in international relations, public international law, also private law and legal history. Photo: Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes (MAEE)
Promoculture / Maggy Fantini (2016)
Maggy Fantini, owner of the bookshop Promoculture, generously donated 254 volumes of the ECHR “Reports of Judgments and Decisions” from 1962 to 2004. Promoculture exists in Luxemburg since 1972 and is a prominent technical and scientific bookshop combined with a publishing house. Mrs Fantini took over the bookshop in December 2012 and specializes in international and Luxemburgish law books, marketing and management, IT, scientific, medical, architectural, and engineering. Photo: Librarie Promoculture
Law Faculty of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2016)
The Law Faculty of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid donated 151 volumes to the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. The donation holds 97 volumes of yearbooks (Annuaire de l’Institut de droit international, Spanish Yearbook of International Law, Actes et documents de la Conference de la Haye de Droit International Privé), and 54 volumes of the Journal “Revista Española de Derecho Internacional” from 1948 to 2010. Photo: Law Faculty of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Professor Christian Kohler (2018)
Professor Dr. Christian Kohler, former General Director at the Court of Justice of the European Union and honorary professor for private international law, European civil procedural law and comparative law at the University of Saarbrücken, donated an edition of great academic value: De Lapradelle et Niboyet, Répertoire de droit international, Paris: Sirey, 1929-1934 to the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. Photo: Professor Dr Christian Kohler
Professor Jacques Van Compernolle (2019)
Jacques Van Compernolle, Professor emeritus of the Catholic University of Louvain and renowned scholar of all aspects of procedural law, generously donated more than 400 monographs and 300 periodicals to the MPI Library. These precious contributions enrich greatly the library’s collection, particularly in the areas of European civil law and civil procedural law. Photo: Professor Jacques Van Compernolle
The donation from Professor Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler is a welcome addition to the MPI Library collection and features historical editions of BGB Staudinger and Planck Commentaries among many important legal works. Professor Raeschke-Kessler is member of the bar of the German Federal Court, honorary professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne, and an eminent arbitrator both nationally and internationally who advises the German Federal Ministry of Justice on matters of German arbitration law. Photo: Professor Raeschke-Kessler
