Jens Christian Dammann
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Jens Dammann's main fields of research are corporate law, European Union law, contracts, and comparative law. While his focus is on U.S. law, Professor Dammann has authored publications on European Union and German law, including work cited by Germany's highest civil court. He has published two books and numerous articles in leading law reviews. Professor Dammann has taught at universities such as the University of Chicago Law School, Cornell Law School, and Bucerius Law School.
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Professor Dammann's main fields of research are corporate law and European Union law; his other areas of interest include contracts and comparative law. He has published two books as well as articles in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals.
While Professor Dammann's main focus is on U.S. law, he has authored various publications on European Union law and German law. His work on German consumer protection law has been cited in numerous decisions by the German Bundesgerichtshof, the highest German court in civil law matters.
Professor Dammann has taught or is scheduled to teach at various other universities including the University of Chicago Law School, the Cornell Law School, the Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research in Frankfurt am Main, and the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. Before joining the University of Texas, Professor Dammann worked at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance in Munich. His degrees include: first state exam (J.D. equivalent) with highest honors, Frankfurt am Main; second state exam, with high honors, Schleswig-Holstein; Dr. jur. (Ph.D. equivalent) with highest honors, Frankfurt am Main; habilitation (post-doctoral degree), Frankfurt am Main; LL.M., Yale; J.S.D., Yale; M.A. (economics), UT Austin; Ph.D. (economics), UT Austin. He is a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ecgi).
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year-2025
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Article
Codetermination's Moment of Truth: Overseas Workers
Jens Dammann, Codetermination's Moment of Truth: Overseas Workers, Brigham Young University Law Review (forthcoming 2025).
year-2024
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Article
Publicly Traded Public Benefit Corporations: An Empirical Investigation
Jens Christian Dammann, Publicly Traded Public Benefit Corporations: An Empirical Investigation, Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance (forthcoming 2024)
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CEOs’ Endorsements of Stakeholder Values: Cheap Talk or Meaningful Signal? An Empirical Analysis
Jens Dammann & Daniel Lawrence, CEOs’ Endorsements of Stakeholder Values: Cheap Talk or Meaningful Signal? An Empirical Analysis, 49 Journal of Corporation Law 577-652 (2024).
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Book
Contract Law: Cases and Materials
year-2022
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Article
Corporate Law and the Democratic State
Jens Dammann & Horst Eidenmueller, Corporate Law and the Democratic State, 2022 Illinois Law Review 963-1020 (2022)
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Article
Fee-Shifting Bylaws: An Empirical Analysis
Jens Dammann, Fee-Shifting Bylaws: An Empirical Analysis, 65 J. Law & Econ. 1-37 (2022)
year-2021
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Book Chapter
Coercing Shareholders
Jens Dammann, Coercing Shareholders, in Feschrift fuer Werner F. Ebke (Oliver Fehrenbacher et al. eds., forthcoming 2021)
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Article
Electronic Word of Mouth and Consumer Protection: A Legal and Economic Analysis
Jens Dammann, Electronic Word of Mouth and Consumer Protection: A Legal and Economic Analysis, 94S. Cal. L. Rev.423-70(2021)
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Codetermination: A Poor Fit for U.S. Corporations
Jens Dammann & Horst Eidenmüller, Codetermination: A Poor Fit for U.S. Corporations, Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 870-941 (2021).
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Article
Symposium: State Competition for Corporate Headquarters and Corporate Law: An Empirical Analysis
Jens Dammann, Symposium, State Competition for Corporate Headquarters and Corporate Law: An Empirical Analysis, 80 Md. L. Rev. 214-282 (2021)
year-2020
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Article
Contractual Symmetry: A Doctrinal and Economic Analysis
Jens Christian Dammann. “Contractual Symmetry: A Doctrinal and Economic Analysis.” In 97 Denver Law Review, Page 449 (October 21, 2020). View online. -
Book Chapter
Haftungserweiterungen und Risikoueberwaelzungen [Liability and Risk Allocation]
Jens Dammann, Haftungserweiterung und Risikoueberwaelzung [Liability and Risk Allocation], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 1612-1619 (Manfred Wolf et al. eds., 7th ed. 2020)
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Book Chapter
Garantievertrag [Guarantee Agreements]
Jens Christian Dammann, Garantievertrag[Guarantee Agreements],in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 1515-29 (Manfred Wolf, Walter F. Lindacher, & Thomas Pfeiffer, 7th ed. 2020).
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Book Chapter
Schrift- und Textformklauseln [Contractual Writing Requirements]
Jens Christian Dammann, Schriftformklauseln [Contractual Provisions Imposing Writing Requirements], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 1944-67 (Manfred Wolf, Walter F. Lindacher, & Thomas Pfeiffer, 7th ed. 2020).
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Book Chapter
Section 309 Nr. 13 BGB [Section 309 No. 13 of the German Civil Code]
Jens Christian Dammann, Section 309 Nr. 13 BGB [Section 309 No. 13 of the German Civil Code], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 936-55 (Manfred Wolf, Walter F. Lindacher, & Thomas Pfeiffer, 7th ed. 2020).
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Book Chapter
Section 309 Nr. 7 BGB [Section 309 No. 7 of the German Civil Code]
Jens Christian Dammann, Section 309 Nr. 5 BGB [Section 309 No. 5 of the German Civil Code], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 709-52 (Manfred Wolf, Walter F. Lindacher, & Thomas Pfeiffer, 7th ed. 2020).
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Book Chapter
Section 309 Nr. 5 BGB [Section 309 No. 5 of the German Civil Code]
Jens Christian Dammann, Section 309 Nr. 5 BGB [Section 309 No. 5 of the German Civil Code], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 650-80 (Manfred Wolf, Walter F. Lindacher, & Thomas Pfeiffer, 7th ed. 2020).
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Book Chapter
Section 309 Nr. 10 BGB [Section 309 No. 10 of the German Civil Code]
Jens Christian Dammann, Section 309 Nr. 5 BGB [Section 309 No. 5 of the German Civil Code], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 889-99 (Manfred Wolf, Walter F. Lindacher, & Thomas Pfeiffer, 7th ed. 2020).
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Book Chapter
Section 308 BGB [Section 308 of the German Civil Code]
Jens Dammann, Section 308 BGB [Section 308 of the German Civil Code], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 368-564 (Manfred Wolf et al. eds., 7th ed. 2020)
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Book Chapter
Vorleistungspflicht [The Obligation to Perform in Advance]
Jens Dammann, Vorleistungspflicht [The Obligation to Perform in Advance], in AGB-Recht [The Law on Boilerplate Contracts] 2267-2278 (Manfred Wolf et al. eds., 7th ed. 2020)