Lajos Vékás#
| Membership Number: | 4774 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www. ajk.elte.hu |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Vice-President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1999 - 2012 Chairman of the Codification Commission for a new Hungarian Civil Code
- 1992 - 1997 Rector of the Collegiun Budapest, Institute of Advenced Study
- 1990 - 1993 Rector of the Eötvös-Loránd University, Budapest
- 1987 Visiting professor, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
- 1979 - 2009 Chair of Hungarian and Comparative Private Law, Eötvös-Loránd University, Budapest
Fields of Scholarship
- Contract law
- Codification of private law
- Law of conflicts
- Arbitration
- Law of succession
Honours and Awards
- 1990 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2004 "Széchenyi Prize"
- 2004 Dr. iur. (h.c.) University of Hamburg
- 2017 Dr. iur. (h.c.) University of Vienna
- 2017 Dr. iur. (h.c.) University of Heidelberg
- 2017 Dr. iur. (h.c.) Sapientia University Cluj
