3. International Law
The Faculty of Law has a lot to offer particularly in the field of international and comparative law. The Walther Schücking Institute for International Law
is the oldest university institute for public international law. There
are currently three professors at the institute, one of them
specialising in the international law of the sea. The Institute of East European Law
is the only university institute in Germany with a focus on civil and
economic law in Eastern Europe, including the post-soviet States of the
Caucasus region and Central Asia. The Institute of European and International Private and Procedural Law
hosts two professors with an international reputation in the fields
of copyright law, international civil procedure law and international
banking law. Another institutes has its focus on the international and
European social law. The majority of the other professors also include
in their work elements of international and comparative law, e.g. the
philosphy of law and the European or comparative history of law as well
as international criminal law and European economic law.