News and Events
Summer School 2020
Following the success of the past years, we will again be running an International Summer School at Saarland University from 10th to 15th august. It is aimed at students, researchers and practitioners who are keen to discuss current topics of IT Law and Legal Informatics in an international forum. This year it will be held as a "hybrid" Summer School which will allow participants to join in person as well as virtually. More information...
Coronavirus update
Dear visitors of our website!
Since 17th March, Saarland University has been suspended and work on campus has largely ceased. The staff of the Institute for Legal Informatics are continuing to work as best as they can remotely.
Contact to the Institute is limited, and meetings in person are not possible currently. You can however reach us by telephone from 8-12 a.m. on +49 681 302 3105 or by e-mail.
Stay healthy!
Prof. Dr Georg. Borges
Liability and new technologies
On the 21st of Januay 2020 the event "Liability and new technologies" took place at the state representation of Saarland in Brussels. Prof. Dr. Dirk Staudenmeyer from the Directorate- General for Legal Affairs of the EU Commission and Prof. Dr. Georg Borges spoke on the report of the Expert Group liability and new technologies- new technology formation.
The slides of the lecture of Prof. Dr. Borges can be found here.
Congress of corporate lawyers in Berlin
From the 5th to the 7th of February 2020 the congress of corporate lawyers took place in Berlin. Together with Björn Böker, VDI, Prof. Dr. Georg Borges presented the topic "The development and operation of a legal testbed as a virtual sandbox- a stress test for digital legal issues", the project "Recht- Testbed Industrie 4.0", in which the Institut of Legal Informatics is significantly involved in.
The slides of the lecture of Prof. Dr. Georg Borges can be found here.
International Conference on New Technology Governance
On August 29th Institute of Legal Informatics will hold a conference on New Technology Governance. Participation of the conference is free and accessible to the public.
