Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann
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 Positions
- 2015-2019: Principal Investigator, CAL² Research Group
- 2016-2018: Visiting Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter), Mannheim University, Chair of Andreas Engert
- 2016-2018: Managing Editor, International Journal of Language & Law (JLL)
- 2015 Law Book Editor, Mohr Siebeck publishers, Tübingen
Fellowships
- 2018-2020: 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
- 2015-2019: Elected Representative of Junior Fellows, Baden-Wurttemberg Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg (HAdW)
- 2014-2019: Junior Fellow (Nachwuchskollegiat), Baden-Wurttemberg Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg (HAdW)
Academic Education
- 2013-2015: Doctoral student (Economics), University of Jena
- 2013-2015: Law clerk (Referendar) in Erfurt, Speyer, Leipzig, Tübingen and Pretoria
- 2010-2013: Doctoral student (Law), University of Bonn / IMPRS Uncertainty
- 2010 Law Degree, J.D. equivalent (Erstes Staatsexamen), Hamburg, Germany
Academic Theses (Qualifikationsschriften)
- 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)
- Evidence Based Jurisprudence. Methods and Epistemic Value of Empirical Research in Law, With Examples From Corporate Law ( Evidenzbasierte Jurisprudenz. Methoden empirischer Forschung und ihr Erkenntniswert für das Recht am Beispiel des Gesellschaftsrechts), Mohr Siebeck publishers (Tübingen) 2014 – ISBN 978-3-16-153322-8, doctoral thesis (Dr. iur., J.S.D. equivalent)
reviewed (in German) by Rath, Legal Tribune Online 2015 ; Lieder/Hoffmann, Die Aktiengesellschaft 2015, 171; Braun Binder, Die Öffentliche Verwaltung 2015, 384; Rottleuthner, Juristenzeitung 2016, 86; Ekhardt, Rechtsphilosophie 2016, 110
- Cash Pooling Before and After the Limited Liability Company Modernisation Act. Old and New Challenges to Contesting Upstream Loans Under Sec. 135 of the German Insolvency Statute ( Die Behandlung des cash pooling vor und nach dem MoMiG. Alte und neue Probleme bei der Anfechtung aufsteigender Darlehen nach § 135 InsO), Igel RWS publishers (Hamburg) 2008 – ISBN 978-3-95485-161-4, diploma thesis (Schwerpunkthausarbeit)
analysis in part extended in: 11 New Journal for Insolvency Law and Turnaround (NZI) 2008, 667; 12 Journal for the Entire Law of Insolvency (ZInsO) 2009, 264
Publications in German
Selected Publications in English
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.