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

• since 2020: 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

Fellowships

• 2020: Senior Weizenbaum Fellow, The German Internet Institute, Berlin
• 2018-2021: 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)

Academic Education

• 2019-2020: SPILS student (Law), Stanford Law School
• 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)

• 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)
  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; Stöhr, Archiv für die civilistische Praxis 2017, 144; Fleckner, Rabels Zeitschrift 2018, 471 

• Die Behandlung des cash pooling vor und nach dem MoMiG. Alte und neue Probleme bei der Anfechtung aufsteigender Darlehen nach § 135 InsO [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], Igel RWS publishers (Hamburg) 2008 – ISBN 978-3-95485-161-4, diploma thesis (Schwerpunkthausarbeit)

Selected Publications in English

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.

Other Publications (including German texts)