Course Catalog of the Online Exchange Initiative (OEI) at University of Mannheim – spring semester 2026
- Lecture period: 9 February 2026 – 29 May 2026
- Examination period: 30 May 2026 – 13 June 2026
- For the detailed course schedule and description, please click on the courses title.
- Make sure you read the syllabus thoroughly as it contains information on live online sessions, the schedule and course requirements.
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Volkswirtschaftslehre
Bachelor
Behavioral Economics (Vorlesung mit Übung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung mit Übung
ECTS:
7.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
4
Teilnahme:
Präsenz live
Registrierungsinformationen:
Information for students participating in this course as part of the online exchange initiative of the ENGAGE programme
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in economics, especially microeconomics
ECTS credits: 7
Teaching method (hours per week): lecture (2) + exercise (2)
Workload: time in class (lecture): 21 hours, time in class (exercise): 21 hours, independent study time and preparation for the exam: 154 hours.
Course language: English
Grading: take home exam
Expected number of students in class: max. 5 ENGAGE-Students
Goals and contents of the module: Standard economic models make many assumptions and predictions about individual behavior. This course introduces new theories from Behavioral Economics, a young field of Economics that combines Economics and Psychology. In the light of experimental evidence, standard theories of risk, time and social preferences are revisited, and more appropriate behavioral models introduced. Various forms of cognitive limitations in information processing are presented and consequences for economic behavior are highlighted. The course aims to provide access to theoretical concepts that take into account the nature of the human psyche. In particular, to understand how real behavior differs from the standard theoretical predictions and how to account for those “irregularities”.
Expected competences acquired after completion of the module: Successful students will have a raised awareness for commonly made assumptions in standard microeconomic theory and their consequences in the modeled economic behavior. Students will know alternative ways of thinking about individual preferences and cognitive processes in economic decisions.
Further information: In the exercise, we will discuss several papers mentioned in the lecture in detail. For that purpose, students will present and discuss one paper in small groups. The aim is to critically evaluate economic research.
Contact: Dr. Cornelius Schneider; e-mail: schneider@uni-mannheim.de; L 7, 3–5 room 404.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in economics, especially microeconomics
ECTS credits: 7
Teaching method (hours per week): lecture (2) + exercise (2)
Workload: time in class (lecture): 21 hours, time in class (exercise): 21 hours, independent study time and preparation for the exam: 154 hours.
Course language: English
Grading: take home exam
Expected number of students in class: max. 5 ENGAGE-Students
Goals and contents of the module: Standard economic models make many assumptions and predictions about individual behavior. This course introduces new theories from Behavioral Economics, a young field of Economics that combines Economics and Psychology. In the light of experimental evidence, standard theories of risk, time and social preferences are revisited, and more appropriate behavioral models introduced. Various forms of cognitive limitations in information processing are presented and consequences for economic behavior are highlighted. The course aims to provide access to theoretical concepts that take into account the nature of the human psyche. In particular, to understand how real behavior differs from the standard theoretical predictions and how to account for those “irregularities”.
Expected competences acquired after completion of the module: Successful students will have a raised awareness for commonly made assumptions in standard microeconomic theory and their consequences in the modeled economic behavior. Students will know alternative ways of thinking about individual preferences and cognitive processes in economic decisions.
Further information: In the exercise, we will discuss several papers mentioned in the lecture in detail. For that purpose, students will present and discuss one paper in small groups. The aim is to critically evaluate economic research.
Contact: Dr. Cornelius Schneider; e-mail: schneider@uni-mannheim.de; L 7, 3–5 room 404.
Lektor(en):
Dr. Cornelius Schneider
Termin(e):
| Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 11.02.2026 – 27.05.2026 | 13:45 – 17:00 |
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1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
Rechtswissenschaften
Bachelor
International and Comparative Company Law (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Präsenz/Online live
Registrierungsinformationen:
This course examines the legal framework that applies to companies as key actors on the international plane in the 21st century.
In its first part, the course will introduce the company as a legal institution and will analyze the stark contrast between the often multinational nature of company activities and the lack of unified international rules on company law. In its second part, the course will focus on the private international law of companies, explaining how to determine the domestic legal rules that apply to companies engaged in cross-border activities. The third and final part of the course will compare how core questions of substantive company law are treated in different jurisdictions (including, but not restricted to, Germany and the U.S.).
Students who have completed the course will have developed a sound understanding of the international and comparative dimensions of company law, enabling them to work successfully in an international business environment, whether in a law firm, a multinational company, or a regulatory agency. The course is suitable for exchange and graduate students (LL.M., M.C.B.L.) of law and related fields, as well as for LL.B. students.
The course will cover the following subjects:
Course materials: Required reading materials will be provided or made available electronically via the university library. For introductory and further readings (optional):
Assessment: Class participation and final written exam
Lecturer: Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford)
Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford), is a senior research associate at the Chair of Civil Law, International and European Commercial Law at the University of Mannheim. He has studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg (First State Exam) and Cambridge. During his practical legal training, he clerked inter alia at the dispute resolution department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Frankfurt office and at the German Federal Constitutional Court. After his Second State Exam at the Higher Regional Court Stuttgart, he completed an LL.M.-program at Stanford Law School and obtained a doctorate at the University of Mannheim with the thesis ‘Transnationale Verträge im nationalen Recht’ (‘Transnational Contracts in National Law’). His research focuses on conflict-of-laws, international commercial, company and financial law, procedural law and private law theory.
In its first part, the course will introduce the company as a legal institution and will analyze the stark contrast between the often multinational nature of company activities and the lack of unified international rules on company law. In its second part, the course will focus on the private international law of companies, explaining how to determine the domestic legal rules that apply to companies engaged in cross-border activities. The third and final part of the course will compare how core questions of substantive company law are treated in different jurisdictions (including, but not restricted to, Germany and the U.S.).
Students who have completed the course will have developed a sound understanding of the international and comparative dimensions of company law, enabling them to work successfully in an international business environment, whether in a law firm, a multinational company, or a regulatory agency. The course is suitable for exchange and graduate students (LL.M., M.C.B.L.) of law and related fields, as well as for LL.B. students.
The course will cover the following subjects:
- Concept and different forms of companies
- Public international law of companies
- Private international law of companies
- Comparative company law
- Companies in international dispute resolution
Course materials: Required reading materials will be provided or made available electronically via the university library. For introductory and further readings (optional):
- Cahn, Andreas/
Donald, David C.: Comparative Company Law, 2nd edition, Cambridge 2020, Cambridge University Press - Gerner-Beuerle, Carsten/
Anderson Schillig, Michael: Comparative Company Law, Oxford 2018, Oxford University Press - Kraakman, Reinier et al.: The Anatomy of Corporate Law, 3rd edition, Oxford 2017, Oxford University Press
Assessment: Class participation and final written exam
Lecturer: Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford)
Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford), is a senior research associate at the Chair of Civil Law, International and European Commercial Law at the University of Mannheim. He has studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg (First State Exam) and Cambridge. During his practical legal training, he clerked inter alia at the dispute resolution department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Frankfurt office and at the German Federal Constitutional Court. After his Second State Exam at the Higher Regional Court Stuttgart, he completed an LL.M.-program at Stanford Law School and obtained a doctorate at the University of Mannheim with the thesis ‘Transnationale Verträge im nationalen Recht’ (‘Transnational Contracts in National Law’). His research focuses on conflict-of-laws, international commercial, company and financial law, procedural law and private law theory.
Lektor(en):
Dr. Torsten Andreas Kindt
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1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
International Humanitarian Law / The law of armed conflict (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
Teilnahme:
Präsenz/Online live
Registrierungsinformationen:
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a body of rules that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict. IHL protects those who are not participating in hostilities, and those who are no longer participating in hostilities. This body of law imposes limits on the methods and means of warfare. IHL forms part of public international law and is largely based on treaties and rules of customary international law.
In this course the development as well as the basic concepts of IHL will be explored. Students will be introduced to the most important documents governing armed conflict, learn how to apply these and will consider the challenges posed to the application of IHL in armed conflicts. A large part of the course will focus on the new developments in IHL including the emergence of new forms of armed conflicts and the development and use of new technologies in armed conflict.
Assessment
Assessment for this course will consist of one presentation and one take-home exam.
About the lecturer: Marelie Manders
Marelie Manders is originally from South Africa where she completed both her Bachelors (LLB) and Masters Degrees (LLM International Law) at the University of Pretoria. She has previously worked as a Lecturer and researcher in South Africa and has been with the University of Mannheim since 2020. She is currently persuiing her PhD at the University of Mannheim where her research is focused on armed groups in International Humanitarian Law.
In this course the development as well as the basic concepts of IHL will be explored. Students will be introduced to the most important documents governing armed conflict, learn how to apply these and will consider the challenges posed to the application of IHL in armed conflicts. A large part of the course will focus on the new developments in IHL including the emergence of new forms of armed conflicts and the development and use of new technologies in armed conflict.
Assessment
Assessment for this course will consist of one presentation and one take-home exam.
About the lecturer: Marelie Manders
Marelie Manders is originally from South Africa where she completed both her Bachelors (LLB) and Masters Degrees (LLM International Law) at the University of Pretoria. She has previously worked as a Lecturer and researcher in South Africa and has been with the University of Mannheim since 2020. She is currently persuiing her PhD at the University of Mannheim where her research is focused on armed groups in International Humanitarian Law.
Lektor(en):
Marelie Manders
Termin(e):
| Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 11.02.2026 – 27.05.2026 | 15:30 – 17:00 | EO 165 Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Introduction to Public International Law (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Online live
Lektor(en):
Raphael Oidtmann
Beschreibung:
This course provides students with an understanding of the system of public international law, regulating relations between actors on the global stage. Topics include: the nature of international law, sources of international law (including treaties, customary international law and general principles of law), participants in the international legal system (including notions of statehood, legal personality and diplomatic protection), territory and acquisition of title, state responsibility, jurisdiction and immunity, the relationship between international and domestic law, international human rights law, the (peacekeeping) operations of the United Nations including the role of the General Assembly, international dispute settlement and the role of the International Court of Justice as well as the law regulating the use of force and, correspondingly, the Security Council.
Sessions will take place on a weekly basis and consist of both lecture and discussion parts. Within the discussion part, current developments such as inter alia pending cases before the International Court of Justice and further contemporary topics will be discussed.
Introductory Reading (optional):
Mode of assessment for this course will be a research paper. In addition, oral participation will contribute to the final grade awarded for this course.
Course is open for Bachelor and Master students and recommended for Bachelor and Master Political Science students.
Sessions will take place on a weekly basis and consist of both lecture and discussion parts. Within the discussion part, current developments such as inter alia pending cases before the International Court of Justice and further contemporary topics will be discussed.
Introductory Reading (optional):
- Cassese, Antonio (ed.): ‘Realizing Utopia: The Future of International Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Crawford, James and Ian Brownlie: ‘Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Hall, Stephen: ‘Principles of International Law’ (Hong Kong, LexisNexis, 2014)
- Kaczorowska, Alina: ‘Public International Law’ (London, Routledge, 2010)
- Lowe, Vaughan: ‘International Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Tourme-Jouannet, Emmanuelle: ‘The Liberal-Welfarist Law of Nations: A History of International Law’ (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Mode of assessment for this course will be a research paper. In addition, oral participation will contribute to the final grade awarded for this course.
Course is open for Bachelor and Master students and recommended for Bachelor and Master Political Science students.
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1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
US Fundamental Rights (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Präsenz/Online live
Registrierungsinformationen:
This course is an introduction to certain fundamental rights of the American legal system through the Bill of Rights and the adjudication of the United States Supreme Court. Students will be taught how to read and brief cases through selected excerpts of landmark decisions. Issues include judicial review, the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression, the death penalty, the right to choose, as well as same-sex marriage. Though this course is a lecture, some participation is expected.
Block 1: U.S. Fundamental Rights – U.S. Constitutional Law
Block 2: Case Law / The Bill of Rights
Block 3: Judicial Review (Marbury v. Madison)
Block 4: Freedom of Speech I. (Schenck v. U.S. / Texas v. Johnson / U.S. v. O’Brien)
Block 5: Freedom of Speech II. (Tests / Spence v. Washington / U.S. v. Eichman)
Block 6: Death Penalty I. (Miranda v. Arizona / Furman v. Georgia)
Block 7: Death Penalty II. (Gregg v. Georgia / contemporary discussions)
Block 8: Equal Protection I. (Plessy v. Ferguson / Brown v. Board of Education)
Block 9: Equal Protection II: (Brown cont.)
Block 10: Right to Privacy I. (Griswold v. Connecticut / Eisenstadt v. Baird)
Block 11: Right to Privacy II. (Roe v. Wade / Planned Parenthood v. Casey)
Block 12: Right to Privacy III. (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization)
Block 13: Marriage Equality I. (Loving v. Virginia / Lawrence v. Texas / U.S. v. Windsor)
Block 14: Marriage Equality II. and Conclusion (Obergefell v. Hodges)
Required reading: Will be made available electronically.
Exam: Timed essay exam.
About the Lecturer:
Judit Beke-Martos, J.D., LL.M., PhD. is the managing director of the Center for International Affairs of the Legal Faculty of the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany) as well as the lecturer of foreign-language legal education there. Between 2019 and 2024, she was a postdoc researcher in the HUN-REN–ELTE Legal History Research group on Legal Sovereignty. Previously, she was the acting head and associate director of the Law & Language Center at the Legal Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany) as well as a postdoc researcher and lecturer at the Legal Faculty of the University of Mannheim, where she continues to teach as an adjunct faculty. She earned her J.D. and Ph.D. in Law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Hungary), and her LL.M in US and Global Business Law at Suffolk University Law School (SULS) in Boston, (MA, USA). She spent a year in residence as a Visiting Scholar at SULS in Boston (2008–2009), where she conducted comparative research in constitutional and legal history and gave lectures to students, faculty and other interested audiences. She spent three months in residence as a Foreign Legal Researcher at the Legal History Institute of Gent University (Belgium) conducting research on the 19th Century constitutional history of Europe. She published a book and several scholarly articles on various topics in English, German and Hungarian. She edited or co-edited multiple books on various legal topics and she is the founder and co-editor of the weekly published online blog JOG.történet. Her current research interest focuses on 18–20th Century constitutions and their effects on the relationship between the head of state or the sovereign and the people. She is the Treasurer of the European Society for Comparative Legal History and a strong supporter of international academic cooperation.
Block 1: U.S. Fundamental Rights – U.S. Constitutional Law
Block 2: Case Law / The Bill of Rights
Block 3: Judicial Review (Marbury v. Madison)
Block 4: Freedom of Speech I. (Schenck v. U.S. / Texas v. Johnson / U.S. v. O’Brien)
Block 5: Freedom of Speech II. (Tests / Spence v. Washington / U.S. v. Eichman)
Block 6: Death Penalty I. (Miranda v. Arizona / Furman v. Georgia)
Block 7: Death Penalty II. (Gregg v. Georgia / contemporary discussions)
Block 8: Equal Protection I. (Plessy v. Ferguson / Brown v. Board of Education)
Block 9: Equal Protection II: (Brown cont.)
Block 10: Right to Privacy I. (Griswold v. Connecticut / Eisenstadt v. Baird)
Block 11: Right to Privacy II. (Roe v. Wade / Planned Parenthood v. Casey)
Block 12: Right to Privacy III. (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization)
Block 13: Marriage Equality I. (Loving v. Virginia / Lawrence v. Texas / U.S. v. Windsor)
Block 14: Marriage Equality II. and Conclusion (Obergefell v. Hodges)
Required reading: Will be made available electronically.
Exam: Timed essay exam.
About the Lecturer:
Judit Beke-Martos, J.D., LL.M., PhD. is the managing director of the Center for International Affairs of the Legal Faculty of the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany) as well as the lecturer of foreign-language legal education there. Between 2019 and 2024, she was a postdoc researcher in the HUN-REN–ELTE Legal History Research group on Legal Sovereignty. Previously, she was the acting head and associate director of the Law & Language Center at the Legal Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany) as well as a postdoc researcher and lecturer at the Legal Faculty of the University of Mannheim, where she continues to teach as an adjunct faculty. She earned her J.D. and Ph.D. in Law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Hungary), and her LL.M in US and Global Business Law at Suffolk University Law School (SULS) in Boston, (MA, USA). She spent a year in residence as a Visiting Scholar at SULS in Boston (2008–2009), where she conducted comparative research in constitutional and legal history and gave lectures to students, faculty and other interested audiences. She spent three months in residence as a Foreign Legal Researcher at the Legal History Institute of Gent University (Belgium) conducting research on the 19th Century constitutional history of Europe. She published a book and several scholarly articles on various topics in English, German and Hungarian. She edited or co-edited multiple books on various legal topics and she is the founder and co-editor of the weekly published online blog JOG.történet. Her current research interest focuses on 18–20th Century constitutions and their effects on the relationship between the head of state or the sovereign and the people. She is the Treasurer of the European Society for Comparative Legal History and a strong supporter of international academic cooperation.
Lektor(en):
Dr. Judit Beke-Martos
Weitere Informationen
1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
Master
International and Comparative Company Law (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Präsenz/Online live
Registrierungsinformationen:
This course examines the legal framework that applies to companies as key actors on the international plane in the 21st century.
In its first part, the course will introduce the company as a legal institution and will analyze the stark contrast between the often multinational nature of company activities and the lack of unified international rules on company law. In its second part, the course will focus on the private international law of companies, explaining how to determine the domestic legal rules that apply to companies engaged in cross-border activities. The third and final part of the course will compare how core questions of substantive company law are treated in different jurisdictions (including, but not restricted to, Germany and the U.S.).
Students who have completed the course will have developed a sound understanding of the international and comparative dimensions of company law, enabling them to work successfully in an international business environment, whether in a law firm, a multinational company, or a regulatory agency. The course is suitable for exchange and graduate students (LL.M., M.C.B.L.) of law and related fields, as well as for LL.B. students.
The course will cover the following subjects:
Course materials: Required reading materials will be provided or made available electronically via the university library. For introductory and further readings (optional):
Assessment: Class participation and final written exam
Lecturer: Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford)
Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford), is a senior research associate at the Chair of Civil Law, International and European Commercial Law at the University of Mannheim. He has studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg (First State Exam) and Cambridge. During his practical legal training, he clerked inter alia at the dispute resolution department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Frankfurt office and at the German Federal Constitutional Court. After his Second State Exam at the Higher Regional Court Stuttgart, he completed an LL.M.-program at Stanford Law School and obtained a doctorate at the University of Mannheim with the thesis ‘Transnationale Verträge im nationalen Recht’ (‘Transnational Contracts in National Law’). His research focuses on conflict-of-laws, international commercial, company and financial law, procedural law and private law theory.
In its first part, the course will introduce the company as a legal institution and will analyze the stark contrast between the often multinational nature of company activities and the lack of unified international rules on company law. In its second part, the course will focus on the private international law of companies, explaining how to determine the domestic legal rules that apply to companies engaged in cross-border activities. The third and final part of the course will compare how core questions of substantive company law are treated in different jurisdictions (including, but not restricted to, Germany and the U.S.).
Students who have completed the course will have developed a sound understanding of the international and comparative dimensions of company law, enabling them to work successfully in an international business environment, whether in a law firm, a multinational company, or a regulatory agency. The course is suitable for exchange and graduate students (LL.M., M.C.B.L.) of law and related fields, as well as for LL.B. students.
The course will cover the following subjects:
- Concept and different forms of companies
- Public international law of companies
- Private international law of companies
- Comparative company law
- Companies in international dispute resolution
Course materials: Required reading materials will be provided or made available electronically via the university library. For introductory and further readings (optional):
- Cahn, Andreas/
Donald, David C.: Comparative Company Law, 2nd edition, Cambridge 2020, Cambridge University Press - Gerner-Beuerle, Carsten/
Anderson Schillig, Michael: Comparative Company Law, Oxford 2018, Oxford University Press - Kraakman, Reinier et al.: The Anatomy of Corporate Law, 3rd edition, Oxford 2017, Oxford University Press
Assessment: Class participation and final written exam
Lecturer: Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford)
Dr. Torsten Kindt, LL.M. (Stanford), is a senior research associate at the Chair of Civil Law, International and European Commercial Law at the University of Mannheim. He has studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg (First State Exam) and Cambridge. During his practical legal training, he clerked inter alia at the dispute resolution department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Frankfurt office and at the German Federal Constitutional Court. After his Second State Exam at the Higher Regional Court Stuttgart, he completed an LL.M.-program at Stanford Law School and obtained a doctorate at the University of Mannheim with the thesis ‘Transnationale Verträge im nationalen Recht’ (‘Transnational Contracts in National Law’). His research focuses on conflict-of-laws, international commercial, company and financial law, procedural law and private law theory.
Lektor(en):
Dr. Torsten Andreas Kindt
Weitere Informationen
1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
International Humanitarian Law / The law of armed conflict (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
Teilnahme:
Präsenz/Online live
Registrierungsinformationen:
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a body of rules that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict. IHL protects those who are not participating in hostilities, and those who are no longer participating in hostilities. This body of law imposes limits on the methods and means of warfare. IHL forms part of public international law and is largely based on treaties and rules of customary international law.
In this course the development as well as the basic concepts of IHL will be explored. Students will be introduced to the most important documents governing armed conflict, learn how to apply these and will consider the challenges posed to the application of IHL in armed conflicts. A large part of the course will focus on the new developments in IHL including the emergence of new forms of armed conflicts and the development and use of new technologies in armed conflict.
Assessment
Assessment for this course will consist of one presentation and one take-home exam.
About the lecturer: Marelie Manders
Marelie Manders is originally from South Africa where she completed both her Bachelors (LLB) and Masters Degrees (LLM International Law) at the University of Pretoria. She has previously worked as a Lecturer and researcher in South Africa and has been with the University of Mannheim since 2020. She is currently persuiing her PhD at the University of Mannheim where her research is focused on armed groups in International Humanitarian Law.
In this course the development as well as the basic concepts of IHL will be explored. Students will be introduced to the most important documents governing armed conflict, learn how to apply these and will consider the challenges posed to the application of IHL in armed conflicts. A large part of the course will focus on the new developments in IHL including the emergence of new forms of armed conflicts and the development and use of new technologies in armed conflict.
Assessment
Assessment for this course will consist of one presentation and one take-home exam.
About the lecturer: Marelie Manders
Marelie Manders is originally from South Africa where she completed both her Bachelors (LLB) and Masters Degrees (LLM International Law) at the University of Pretoria. She has previously worked as a Lecturer and researcher in South Africa and has been with the University of Mannheim since 2020. She is currently persuiing her PhD at the University of Mannheim where her research is focused on armed groups in International Humanitarian Law.
Lektor(en):
Marelie Manders
Termin(e):
| Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 11.02.2026 – 27.05.2026 | 15:30 – 17:00 | EO 165 Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Introduction to Public International Law (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Online live
Lektor(en):
Raphael Oidtmann
Beschreibung:
This course provides students with an understanding of the system of public international law, regulating relations between actors on the global stage. Topics include: the nature of international law, sources of international law (including treaties, customary international law and general principles of law), participants in the international legal system (including notions of statehood, legal personality and diplomatic protection), territory and acquisition of title, state responsibility, jurisdiction and immunity, the relationship between international and domestic law, international human rights law, the (peacekeeping) operations of the United Nations including the role of the General Assembly, international dispute settlement and the role of the International Court of Justice as well as the law regulating the use of force and, correspondingly, the Security Council.
Sessions will take place on a weekly basis and consist of both lecture and discussion parts. Within the discussion part, current developments such as inter alia pending cases before the International Court of Justice and further contemporary topics will be discussed.
Introductory Reading (optional):
Mode of assessment for this course will be a research paper. In addition, oral participation will contribute to the final grade awarded for this course.
Course is open for Bachelor and Master students and recommended for Bachelor and Master Political Science students.
Sessions will take place on a weekly basis and consist of both lecture and discussion parts. Within the discussion part, current developments such as inter alia pending cases before the International Court of Justice and further contemporary topics will be discussed.
Introductory Reading (optional):
- Cassese, Antonio (ed.): ‘Realizing Utopia: The Future of International Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Crawford, James and Ian Brownlie: ‘Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Hall, Stephen: ‘Principles of International Law’ (Hong Kong, LexisNexis, 2014)
- Kaczorowska, Alina: ‘Public International Law’ (London, Routledge, 2010)
- Lowe, Vaughan: ‘International Law’ (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Tourme-Jouannet, Emmanuelle: ‘The Liberal-Welfarist Law of Nations: A History of International Law’ (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Mode of assessment for this course will be a research paper. In addition, oral participation will contribute to the final grade awarded for this course.
Course is open for Bachelor and Master students and recommended for Bachelor and Master Political Science students.
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US Fundamental Rights (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
8.0
Kurs geeignet für:
Bachelor, Master
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Präsenz/Online live
Registrierungsinformationen:
This course is an introduction to certain fundamental rights of the American legal system through the Bill of Rights and the adjudication of the United States Supreme Court. Students will be taught how to read and brief cases through selected excerpts of landmark decisions. Issues include judicial review, the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression, the death penalty, the right to choose, as well as same-sex marriage. Though this course is a lecture, some participation is expected.
Block 1: U.S. Fundamental Rights – U.S. Constitutional Law
Block 2: Case Law / The Bill of Rights
Block 3: Judicial Review (Marbury v. Madison)
Block 4: Freedom of Speech I. (Schenck v. U.S. / Texas v. Johnson / U.S. v. O’Brien)
Block 5: Freedom of Speech II. (Tests / Spence v. Washington / U.S. v. Eichman)
Block 6: Death Penalty I. (Miranda v. Arizona / Furman v. Georgia)
Block 7: Death Penalty II. (Gregg v. Georgia / contemporary discussions)
Block 8: Equal Protection I. (Plessy v. Ferguson / Brown v. Board of Education)
Block 9: Equal Protection II: (Brown cont.)
Block 10: Right to Privacy I. (Griswold v. Connecticut / Eisenstadt v. Baird)
Block 11: Right to Privacy II. (Roe v. Wade / Planned Parenthood v. Casey)
Block 12: Right to Privacy III. (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization)
Block 13: Marriage Equality I. (Loving v. Virginia / Lawrence v. Texas / U.S. v. Windsor)
Block 14: Marriage Equality II. and Conclusion (Obergefell v. Hodges)
Required reading: Will be made available electronically.
Exam: Timed essay exam.
About the Lecturer:
Judit Beke-Martos, J.D., LL.M., PhD. is the managing director of the Center for International Affairs of the Legal Faculty of the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany) as well as the lecturer of foreign-language legal education there. Between 2019 and 2024, she was a postdoc researcher in the HUN-REN–ELTE Legal History Research group on Legal Sovereignty. Previously, she was the acting head and associate director of the Law & Language Center at the Legal Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany) as well as a postdoc researcher and lecturer at the Legal Faculty of the University of Mannheim, where she continues to teach as an adjunct faculty. She earned her J.D. and Ph.D. in Law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Hungary), and her LL.M in US and Global Business Law at Suffolk University Law School (SULS) in Boston, (MA, USA). She spent a year in residence as a Visiting Scholar at SULS in Boston (2008–2009), where she conducted comparative research in constitutional and legal history and gave lectures to students, faculty and other interested audiences. She spent three months in residence as a Foreign Legal Researcher at the Legal History Institute of Gent University (Belgium) conducting research on the 19th Century constitutional history of Europe. She published a book and several scholarly articles on various topics in English, German and Hungarian. She edited or co-edited multiple books on various legal topics and she is the founder and co-editor of the weekly published online blog JOG.történet. Her current research interest focuses on 18–20th Century constitutions and their effects on the relationship between the head of state or the sovereign and the people. She is the Treasurer of the European Society for Comparative Legal History and a strong supporter of international academic cooperation.
Block 1: U.S. Fundamental Rights – U.S. Constitutional Law
Block 2: Case Law / The Bill of Rights
Block 3: Judicial Review (Marbury v. Madison)
Block 4: Freedom of Speech I. (Schenck v. U.S. / Texas v. Johnson / U.S. v. O’Brien)
Block 5: Freedom of Speech II. (Tests / Spence v. Washington / U.S. v. Eichman)
Block 6: Death Penalty I. (Miranda v. Arizona / Furman v. Georgia)
Block 7: Death Penalty II. (Gregg v. Georgia / contemporary discussions)
Block 8: Equal Protection I. (Plessy v. Ferguson / Brown v. Board of Education)
Block 9: Equal Protection II: (Brown cont.)
Block 10: Right to Privacy I. (Griswold v. Connecticut / Eisenstadt v. Baird)
Block 11: Right to Privacy II. (Roe v. Wade / Planned Parenthood v. Casey)
Block 12: Right to Privacy III. (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization)
Block 13: Marriage Equality I. (Loving v. Virginia / Lawrence v. Texas / U.S. v. Windsor)
Block 14: Marriage Equality II. and Conclusion (Obergefell v. Hodges)
Required reading: Will be made available electronically.
Exam: Timed essay exam.
About the Lecturer:
Judit Beke-Martos, J.D., LL.M., PhD. is the managing director of the Center for International Affairs of the Legal Faculty of the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany) as well as the lecturer of foreign-language legal education there. Between 2019 and 2024, she was a postdoc researcher in the HUN-REN–ELTE Legal History Research group on Legal Sovereignty. Previously, she was the acting head and associate director of the Law & Language Center at the Legal Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany) as well as a postdoc researcher and lecturer at the Legal Faculty of the University of Mannheim, where she continues to teach as an adjunct faculty. She earned her J.D. and Ph.D. in Law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Hungary), and her LL.M in US and Global Business Law at Suffolk University Law School (SULS) in Boston, (MA, USA). She spent a year in residence as a Visiting Scholar at SULS in Boston (2008–2009), where she conducted comparative research in constitutional and legal history and gave lectures to students, faculty and other interested audiences. She spent three months in residence as a Foreign Legal Researcher at the Legal History Institute of Gent University (Belgium) conducting research on the 19th Century constitutional history of Europe. She published a book and several scholarly articles on various topics in English, German and Hungarian. She edited or co-edited multiple books on various legal topics and she is the founder and co-editor of the weekly published online blog JOG.történet. Her current research interest focuses on 18–20th Century constitutions and their effects on the relationship between the head of state or the sovereign and the people. She is the Treasurer of the European Society for Comparative Legal History and a strong supporter of international academic cooperation.
Lektor(en):
Dr. Judit Beke-Martos
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1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsmathematik
Master
Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence – Exercise (Übung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Übung
ECTS:
Kurs geeignet für:
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Online live
Lektor(en):
Prof. Dr. Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Ralph Bubak, Lea Cohausz, Jakob Kappenberger, Patrick Betz, Keyvan Amiri Elyasi, Thilo Dieing
Termin(e):
| Freitag (wöchentlich) | 13.02.2026 – 29.05.2026 | 13:45 – 15:15 | ZOOM-Lehre-110; Virtuelles Gebäude |
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1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence – Exercise (Übung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Übung
ECTS:
Kurs geeignet für:
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Präsenz live
Lektor(en):
Prof. Dr. Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Ralph Bubak, Lea Cohausz, Jakob Kappenberger, Patrick Betz, Keyvan Amiri Elyasi, Thilo Dieing
Termin(e):
| Freitag (wöchentlich) | 13.02.2026 – 29.05.2026 | 15:30 – 17:00 | A 203 Unterrichtsraum; B 6, 23–25 Bauteil A |
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Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence – Lecture (Vorlesung, englisch)
Kurstyp:
Vorlesung
ECTS:
6
Kurs geeignet für:
Kurssprache:
englisch
SWS 1:
2
Teilnahme:
Online live
Lernziel:
Expertise:
Students will acquire knowledge about possible applications of machine learning in different branches of industry as well as the dominant methods used in these areas:
Methodological competence:
Successful participants will be able to: Identify potential for applying AI methods in different areas of industry; Decide on a suitable method for addressing typical problems in these industries
Personal competence:
Participants will learn to reflect and document their own learning process
Students will acquire knowledge about possible applications of machine learning in different branches of industry as well as the dominant methods used in these areas:
- Primary Sector: Agriculture, Energy Production
- Secondary Sector: Production, Supply Chain Management
- Tertiary Sector: Healthcare, Education, Finance
Methodological competence:
Successful participants will be able to: Identify potential for applying AI methods in different areas of industry; Decide on a suitable method for addressing typical problems in these industries
Personal competence:
Participants will learn to reflect and document their own learning process
Empfohlene Voraussetzungen:
Literatur:
Various Scientific Publications – details in the lecture slides
Prüfungsleistung:
Submission of a Learning Portfolio
Lektor(en):
Prof. Dr. Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Keyvan Amiri Elyasi, Ralph Bubak, Thilo Dieing, Lea Cohausz, Jakob Kappenberger
Termin(e):
| Freitag (wöchentlich) | 13.02.2026 – 29.05.2026 | 12:00 – 13:30 | ZOOM-Lehre-103; Virtuelles Gebäude |
Beschreibung:
Participants will learn about the use of Artificial Intelligence methods, mostly from the field of machine learning in different sectors and industries. They will learn about application areas in the primary, secondary and tertiary sector, get an introduction to examples of such applications that have been published on a scientific level and gather some experience in working with data from the respective fields using publically available datasets.
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1 SWS geben die Dauer eines Kurses an, der wöchentlich während eines Semesters angeboten wird. Eine SWS entspricht 45 Minuten.
Please note: the lecture „Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence“is accompanied by an excercise. Students do not receive separate credits for participation in the exercise but instead for the successful completion of the overall course (lecture+exercise). The exercises are on display here only to inform you about the offered time slots. For technical reasons both the on-campus and the online-live exercise are displayes here – of course, Online Exchange Initiative participants can only attend the online-live exercise. On your application, please ONLY state the lecture.
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Universität Mannheim
Dezernat II – Studienangelegenheiten
Akademisches Auslandsamt
L 1, 1 – Raum 106
68161 Mannheim
Dezernat II – Studienangelegenheiten
Akademisches Auslandsamt
L 1, 1 – Raum 106
68161 Mannheim