Comparative Law in Action: Applying Foreign Law in German Courts

Guest: Jan Peter Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law). In this episode Jan Peter Schmidt discusses the long-standing tradition that the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law (MPI) has of providing expert opinions on foreign law for German courts. To this end, the MPI supports judges in resolving cross-border cases which according to the rules of private international law are to be decided not according to German law but to foreign law. (Audio Production: www.citysoundstudio.de)