Law from the Far East
On a research trip to Taiwan, Prof. Weitzdörfer gained numerous insights and experts for the executive education programme on Taiwanese law.
Foto: Leonard KosubAfter Prof. Weitzdörfer (junior professorship for East Asian law) found guest authors for a course on Korean law starting in October during a trip to Korea in September 2023, a course on Taiwanese law is now following.
During a research trip to Taiwan in early May, Prof. Weitzdörfer, accompanied by his assistant Leonard Kosub, was able to recruit numerous experts who will contribute to the planned course as guest authors of the study material. Mr. Kosub's participation in the trip was made possible through the internal research funding programme for young academics by the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Law.
Stations on the trip included among others the National Taiwan University, Soochow University, National Chengchi University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and the Academia Sinica. Additionally, official visits were made to the Director General of the German Institute in Taipei, to the Goethe Institute, the DAAD and the German Chamber of Foreign Trade.
The contributing professors have completed their doctorates in Germany and have shown great interest in contributing material for an initial eleven course units. They are keen to give German students a better understanding of Taiwanese law and are looking forward to contributing to this.
The new course will be structured parallel to the existing one on Japanese Law and the one currently in development on Korean Law, and is expected to start in mid-2025. All three study programmes are unique: Outside East Asia, there are no comparable opportunities worldwide to study the respective legal systems for a university degrees. An interdisciplinary LLM programme in East Asian law, combining the modules of the three legal systems, is planned for the end of 2025.
