Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann, JSM (Stanford)

Visiting Researcher

Research Focus

I study Contracts and Corporations from an Empirical Legal Studies perspective. This includes, for example, Legal Corpus Linguistics, Behavioral Economics, Networks and Complexity, and Legislative Theory. I am committed to open research practices and contribute to Open Data initiatives, trying to advance Open Access to research and knowledge.

Academic Appointments

since 2022: Assistant Professor (tenure track) for Civil, Commercial and IP Law, EBS Law School, Wiesbaden
since 2019: Editor in Chief, International Journal of Language & Law (JLL)
2020–2021: Adjunct Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter), Free University of Berlin, Chair of Andreas Engert
2019–2020: Lead Editor, Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR)
2015–2019: Principal Investigator, CAL² Research Group
2016–2018: Adjunct Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter), Mannheim University, Department of Law
2016–2018: Managing Editor, International Journal of Language & Law (JLL)
2015: Law Book Editor, Mohr Siebeck publishers, Tübingen

Research Fellowships

2021–2022: Visiting Fellow, Department of Law, European University Institute (EUI), Florence
2020: Senior Weizenbaum Fellow, The German Internet Institute, Berlin
2018–2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Daimler and Benz Foundation, Ladenburg
2018–2019: ICA Fellow, UBIAS Intercontinental Academia "Laws", Singapore/Munich/Birmingham
2018–2027: Laureate Fellow (Akademiekollegiat), Baden-Wurttemberg Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg (HAdW)
2016–2021: Young Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Young ZiF), Bielefeld
2016–2017: Free Knowledge Fellow, Wikimedia Germany Foundation, Berlin
2014–2019: Junior Fellow (Nachwuchskollegiat), Baden-Wurttemberg Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg (HAdW)

Higher Education

2019–2020: SPILS student (Law) & GCDH candidate (Digital Humanities), Stanford University
2015: Law Degree, bar exam equivalent (Zweite Juristische Staatsprüfung), Erfurt
2013–2015: Doctoral student (Economics), University of Jena
2010–2013: Doctoral student (Law), University of Bonn / IMPRS Uncertainty
2010: Law Degree, J.D. equivalent (Erste Juristische Prüfung), Hamburg

Academic Theses (Qualifikationsschriften)

Rent, Reduction, and Reason: An Incentivized Vignette Survey on the Economic Value of Lease Law Remedies, 2020 – master thesis (JSM, Master of the Science of Law)
Behavioral Second-Order Strategies. Exploiting Market Myopia and Agent Delegation in Economic Decision-Making, 2016 – ISBN 978-3-00-051495-1, doctoral thesis (Dr. rer. pol., Ph.D. equivalent)
Evidenzbasierte Jurisprudenz. Methoden empirischer Forschung und ihr Erkenntniswert für das Recht am Beispiel des Gesellschaftsrechts [Evidence Based Jurisprudence. Methods and Epistemic Value of Empirical Research in Law, With Examples From Corporate Law], Mohr Siebeck publishers (Tübingen) 2014 – ISBN 978-3-16-153322-8, doctoral thesis (Dr. iur., J.S.D. equivalent)

Selected Publications in English

Hamann H., On Getting It Right by Being Wrong: A Case Study of How Flawed Research May Become Self-Fulfilling at Last, PNAS, 119 (15) e2122274119, 2022

Hamann H., The German Federal Courts Dataset 1950–2019. From Paper Archives to Linked Open Data, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (JELS), vol. 16, iss. 3, pp. 671–688, 2019

Hamann H., Vogel F., Seven Years of Language & Law. Editors’ Progress Report on the Journal of the International Language & Law Association, International Journal of Language & Law (JLL), vol. 8, pp. 1–8, 2019

Hamann H., Nicholls N., Group Identity in Intermediated Interactions. Lessons from a Trust Game with Delegation in South Africa, pp. 227–264 in: Gunnthorsdottir/Norton (Eds.), Experimental Economics and Culture, Emerald Publishing, Bingley (UK), 2018

Vogel F., Hamann H., Gauer I., Computer Assisted Legal Linguistics: Corpus Analysis as a New Tool for Legal Studies, Law & Social Inquiry (LSI), vol. 43, pp. 1340-1363, 2018

Hamann H., Vogel F., Evidence-Based Jurisprudence meets Legal Linguistics. Unlikely Blends Made in Germany, Brigham Young University Law Review (BYU L. Rev.), vol. 43, pp. pp. 1473–1501, 2018

Hamann H., Open Access in German Legal Academia. Challenges and Perspectives, blogdroiteuropéen 25 Oct 2017

Hamann H., Vogel F., The Fabric of Language and Law. Towards an International Research Network for Computer Assisted Legal Linguistics (CAL²) (special issue introduction), International Journal of Language & Law (JLL), vol. 6, pp. 101–109, 2017

Engel C., Hamann H., The Hog Cycle of Law Professors. An Econometric Time Series Analysis of the Entry-level Job Market in Legal Academia, PLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 7, e0159815, 2016

Fischer S., Goerg S. J., Hamann H., Cui Bono, Benefit Corporation? An Experiment Inspired by Social Enterprise Legislation in Germany and the US, Review of Law & Economics (RLE), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 79-110, 2015.

Hamann H., Unpacking the Board: A Comparative and Empirical Perspective on Groups in Corporate Decision-Making, Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-54, 2014.

Rieder L., Hamann H., Student Participation in Legal Education in Germany and Europe, German Law Journal (GLJ), vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1095–1112, 2009.