Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Professor Helmut Weber was Professor for British Legal, Economic and Social Structures at the Centre for British Studies from October 1997 until September 2002. Previous positions were Professor for German and European Private Law and Civil Procedure at the University of Potsdam and ‘Staatssekretär’ at the Brandenburg Ministry for Science, Research and Culture. His main publications include Einführung in das schottische Recht (1978), Die Theorie der Qualifikation im Internationalen Privatrecht (1986), Der Kausalitätsbeweis im Zivilprozeß (1997). Professor Weber officially left the Centre in September 2002, but occasionally still continues to teach our students the British legal and political systems.