Dienstag, 2. Juni 2026
Ort:
Käte Hamburger Kolleg (Iduna-Hochhaus)
Raum 7011 (7. OG)
Servatiiplatz 9
48143 Münster
Organisation:
Dr. Fernando Liendo-Tagle
Käte Hamburger Kolleg / PUCP (Lima)
fernando.liendot@pucp.edu.pe
The Forum will address legal personhood – and related concepts such as legal capacity, status, and legal subjectivity – from historical and contemporary perspectives. Across different times and regions, experts from various disciplines will examine legal personhood, its theoretical and practical foundations, the interests underlying its configuration, and how the law has approached the issues of unity and pluralism regarding legal personhood.
9.50-10.00 Fernando Liendo-Tagle (Lima/Münster) | Introduction and opening remarks
10.00-11.00 Doris Forster (Geneva) | Constructing Legal Personhood: Lessons from Roman Law
11.00-12.00 Peter Oestmann (Münster) | Determining Legal Capacity in Medieval German Law
12.00-13.00 Mittagspause
13.00-14.00 Evgenia Kermeli (Ankara/Münster) | From the Islamic Concept of Legal Capacity to the Ottoman Law of Legal Personhood: Shari’a in Action
14.00-15.00 Felix Aiwanger (Hamburg) | Deconstructing Legal Personhood(s) in Light of Current Debates
15.00-15.15 Kaffeepause
15.15-16.15 Vera Wriedt (Münster) | The Right to Recognition of Legal Status in Regional Human Rights Law
16.15-17.15 Alessandro Drigo (Gießen) | The Legal Personhood of Future Individuals: Chimera or Black Swans?
17.15-17.30 Kaffeepause
17.30-18.15 Closing Discussion
18.15 Abendimbiss