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ANTONIOS KARAMPATZOS

Athens Law School

Professor of Civil Law 

Contact details

47, Akadimias str., 1st floor, Room 5, 10672 Athens, Greece | E-mail: akarampat@law.uoa.gr
Office hours: Tuesdays 7-8pm (by appointment via email)

PROFILE

Dr. iur. Antonios G. Karampatzos completed his undergraduate studies at the Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2000). Between 2000-2004 he obtained his LL.M. and PhD at the Law School of University of Tübingen (Germany), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. iur. Dres hc Harm Peter Westermann. His PhD-thesis –which was unanimously accepted with “summa cum laude” (excellent)– concerned contracts with protective effects towards third parties and the liability of financial experts for pure economic loss; its title in German read, namely, as follows: “Vom Vertrag mit Schutzwirkung für Dritte zur deliktischen berufsbezogenen Vertrauenshaftung – Zugleich ein Beitrag zum Ersatz fahrlässig verursachter reiner Vermögensschäden” (Nomos Verlag, 2005).

After his stay in Germany, he carried out post-doctoral research (post-doc) in London at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of University College London. His post-doc research was presented in his paper under the title “Supervening Hardship as Subdivision of the General Frustration Rule: A Comparative Analysis with Reference to Anglo-American, German, French and Greek Law” (European Review of Private Law 2/2005, pp. 105-147).

He is Professor of Civil Law at the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (initially appointed in 2007 as Lecturer) and visiting Professor at the University of Piraeus (since 2015). He has been a visiting scholar at the School of Law of UC Berkeley (USA) in the field of behavioral law & Economics (2015) as well as an academic visitor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford (UK) in the field of jurisprudence.

His areas of interest include private law, legal theory, jurisprudence, economic analysis of law and behavioral law and economics. He teaches Law of Obligations, Advanced Lessons on Civil Law, Seminar of Civil Law, Law & Economics, Financial Crisis & Private Law, Legal Methodology, Contracts of the Modern Economy.

Dr. iur. Karampatzos has participated in various international conferences such as:

- The online European Law Institute (ELI) High Level Expert Group Meeting on “Nudges as Enablers of Sustainable Living: Identifying their Potential and Legal Challenge” (07.12.22), whereby presentation under the title “Nudges – The Basics (notion, characteristics, and degrees of nudges and their role in EU Law)”.
- The Master’s Program on “Law and Economics” at Utrecht University School of Law (20.02.23), whereby presentation under the title “Behavioural Economics and Consumer Protection: From Light-touch Regulation to Mandatory Rules”.
- The Conference on “Private Law and New Technologies” of the Technology, Ethics, Law & Society (TELOS) of the Dickson Poon School of Law) of King’s College London (20-21.04.2023, London), whereby presentation under the title “The Trend Towards Personalising Private Law”.
- The 22nd International Conference of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA – in collaboration with the Humboldt-University) “European Contract Law and Future Challenges” (Berlin, Germany, 16-17.06.2023), whereby presentation under the title “Constitutional Values and Freedom of Contract”.
- The 6th International Arbitration Conference with the title “Remedies and Evidence in Commercial Arbitration” (Athens, 04.07.2024), whereby participation in a panel discussion on “The Role of Experts, the Use of Expert Evidence, and Relevant Tools and Trend”.
- The international Workshop with the title “Regulatory Contract Law”, which was organized at the Zurich University (02-05.07.25) under the auspices of the Centre for Regulation & Contract Law (CRCL) and the Swiss National Science Foundation, whereby presentation under the title “Nudging and Regulation in Contract Law”.
- The 4th GenAI Summit, which took place in Athens (24.11.25) –and was organized with the support of the European Investment Bank, the Liaison Office of the European Parliament in Greece, the Representation of the European Commission in Greece, the HDB, the HDBI, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance of Greece–, whereby moderation of a panel with the title “EU AI Act, Data Regulation”.
- The NASAMER Distinguished Speaker Series at Koç University Law School (Istanbul, 13.03.26), where he delivered a presentation entitled “Behavioral Economics and Consumer Protection: From Light-Touch Regulation to Mandatory Rules”.

He is a native Greek speaker, while fluent in English, German and French.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Books

  • State intervention in contractual relationship and Civil law (in Greek; P.N. Sakkoulas, 2020, pp. 418).
  • Private Law, Nudging and Behavioural Economic Analysis – The Mandated-Choice Model (Routledge, 2020, pp. 174).
  • Private autonomy and Consumer Protection – A Contribution to Behavioral Economic Analysis of Law (in Greek; P.N. Sakkoulas, 2016, pp. 494 & XXIV).
  • Contract Law in Greece, Stathopoulos M. / Karampatzos A. (in English; Ant. Sakkoulas & Wolters Kluwer, 6th ed. 2024, pp. 318).
  • The Renunciation of the Right to Forced Share – A Methodological Contribution in the Field of Inheritance Law (in Greek; Ant. Sakkoulas, 2011, pp. 320).
  • Law of Sales (comments on art. 513-573 of the Greek Civil Code), in: Commentary to the Greek Civil Code of Prof. Ap. Georgiadis (in Greek; collective work, P.N. Sakkoulas, 1st ed. 2010 / 2nd ed. 2021).
  • Greek & European Environmental Law, Karakostas I. / Karampatzos A. (in English; Ant. Sakkoulas & Bruylant, 2008, pp. 225).
  • Supervening Change of Circumstances in a Contractual Relationship (in Greek; Ant. Sakkoulas, 2006, pp. 593).
  • Vom Vertrag mit Schutzwirkung für Dritte zur deliktischen berufsbezogenen Vertrauenshaftung – Zugleich ein Beitrag zum Ersatz fahrlässig verursachter reiner Vermögensschäden (in German; Nomos Verlag, 2005, pp. 274).
  • The new Law of Seller’s Liability (in Greek; collective work, Ant. Sakkoulas, 2003, pp. 670), in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Pan. Papanikolaou, Cl. Roussos, & C. Christodoulou.

2. ARTICLES/PAPERS/COMMENTS

  • Constitutional Values, Freedom of Contract, and its Limits – Another View of Rouen Cathedral, in: S.Grundmann & P.Sirena (eds.), European Contract Law and Future Challenges (Intersentia, 2025), pp. 187-222.
  • Book Review: Matteo Fornasier & Maria Gabriella Stanzione (eds.), The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law – A Comparative Perspective [Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium): Intersentia, 2023], in: European Convention on Human Rights Law Review (2025), pp. 1-6.
  • An Exploration of the Philosophical Foundations of Private Law As Exemplified by the Principle “Pacta Sunt Servanda”, Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2025, pp. 1617-1642.
  • Efficient Protection of the Weaker Party in Civil Law – With Emphasis on the Protection of the Spousal/Parental Surety and the Consumer, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2023, pp. 401-412.
  • Law and Economics of the Withdrawal Right in EU Consumer Law, Review of Law & Economics 2023, in cooperation with Nikola Ilić.
  • New Sales Law of the CC: The Most Important Reforms, Elliniki Dikaiosyni (ΕλλΔνη) 2023, pp. 14-40.
  • The Validity of Contractual Causes that Oblige the Legislator or the Administration to Refrain from or Proceed to a Certain Act (in Greek), in: Essays on Honor of G.Karymbali-Tsiptsiou (2022), pp. 669-677.
  • State Intervention in a Contractual Relationship and its Limits (in Greek), in: Essays on Honor of K. Sakellaropoulou (2022), pp. 527-535.
  • Pandemic (COVID-19): The contractual relationships on the Procrustean bed of the law of necessity anew – Especially the force majeure clauses (in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2020, pp. 378-391.
  • Abuse of rights pursuant to Article 281 GrCC – A doctrinal and case-law analysis: from traditional forms of abuse to modern issues of abusive refusal to conclude a contract (especially due to discrimination) (in Greek), Elliniki Dikaiosyni (ΕλλΔνη) 2019, pp. 961-990.
  • Re-adjustment or Termination of a Contract under Greek Civil Law, Especially in View of a Supervening Change in Circumstances – An Overview, De Jure 22/2019, pp. 6-15.
  • The institution of trust and the specific issue of the transfer of shares to it (in Greek), Elliniki Dikaiosyni (ΕλλΔνη) 2018, pp. 1367-1380.
  • Voraussetzungen und Folgen der Widerrufsrechtsausübung im Fernabsatz und im digitalen Verkehr, Neue Juristische Online-Zeitschrift 2018, pp. 1681 ff., in cooperation with A. Belakouzova.
  • Damages to Third Parties and Especially the Third-Part Liability of Experts: The Competition Between Freedom and Justice on the Border of Contractual and Tortious Liability (in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2018, pp. 401-420.
  • Substitute/Alternative Transportation Services and Barriers to Entry into the Market – The Uber-Case [Critical Thoughts on the Ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Illinois Transportation Trade Association et al. v. City of Chicago and Dan Burgess et al. (7.10.2016)] (in Greek), To Syntagma (ΤοΣ) 3/2017, pp. 775-790.
  • Comments on art. 101-106 of the Greek Civil Code, in: Commentary to the Greek Civil Code of Prof. Ap. Georgiadis & M. Stathopoulos, vol. 1A, 2nd ed. 2016 (in Greek; collective work, P.N. Sakkoulas).
  • The Role of Case Law and the Prospective Overruling in the Greek Legal System, Revue hellénique de droit international 2014/67, pp. 97-120 = in: E.Steiner (ed.), Comparing the Prospective Effect of Judicial Rulings Across Jurisdictions (2015), pp. 163-184, in cooperation with George Malos.
  • Rechtspaternalismus im Europäischen Verbraucherschutzrecht: Lehren aus „Behavioral Law & Economics“ – Eine Bestandsaufnahme, in: K.Hopt/ D.Tzouganatos (ed.), Das Europäische Wirtschaftsrecht vor neuen Herausforderungen (2014, Mohr Siebeck), pp. 205-229.
  • The Institution of Prescription in the Common Frame of Reference as an Occasio for a Reform of the Prescription Law of the Greek Civil Code (in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2014, pp. 572-585.
  • Die Material-Adverse-Change/Effect-Klauseln (MAC-Klauseln) bei Unternehmensfusionen bzw. –übernahmen (M&A’s), in: T.Tröger/A.Karampatzos (ed.), Gestaltung und Anpassung von Verträgen in Krisenzeiten (2014, Mohr Siebeck), pp. 221-233 [and as a new, significantly revised version: MAC/MAE-Klauseln und Störung der Geschäftsgrundlage in Gerichts- und Schiedsverfahren, in: R.Wilhelmi/M.Stürner, Post-M&Α-Schiedsverfahren – Recht und Rechtsfindung jenseits gesetzlichen Rechts (2018, Springer), pp. 261-277].
  • The Prohibition of Inheritance Contracts – Towards a Reform of the Inheritance Law of the Greek Civil Code, Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2014, pp. 1339-1368.
  • Material Adverse Change/Effect Clauses in M&A Contracts (in Greek), Dikaio Epichirisseon & Etairion (ΔEE) 2014, pp. 665-672.
  • Comment on Decision no. 4/2014 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos, in Plenary Session; in Greek), Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2014, pp. 1136-1138.
  • Re-negotiation of contractual obligations in light of the debt restructuring process of the Insolvency Code and the general cooperative duty pursuant to Art. 288 GrCC, in: The Challenge of Insolvency – 23rd Panhellenic Conference on Commercial Law (ed. Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2014), pp. 93-119.
  • Comment on Arbitration Decision no. 55/2013, Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2012, pp. 307-310.
  • Wucherähnliche Rechtsgeschäfte oder Funktions- statt Sittenwidrigkeit, in: Festschrift für R.Stürner – B. II (2013), pp. 1121-1142, in cooperation with Prof. P.Papanikolaou.
  • Economic Crisis and Re-adjustment of Contractual Obligations (in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2013, pp. 92-105.
  • Comment on Decision no. 70/2012 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos; in Greek), Efarmoges Politikis Dikonomias (ΕΠολΔ) 2012, pp. 464-470.
  • Comment on Decision no. 1801/2012 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos; in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2012, pp. 430-433.
  • Comment on Decision no. 86/2012 of Piraeus Court of Appeal, Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2012, pp. 1400-1404.
  • Der Umfang der Aufklärungspflicht des Verkäufers beim Unternehmenskauf – Insbesondere die so genannte „Non-Reliance“-Klausel, NZG 22/2012, pp. 852-859 = in: K.Riesenhuber/F.Klinck/I.Karakostas, Information als Schutzinstrument – Grundlagen und Grenzen, pp. 81-101.
  • ‘Glass Bonds’ and Possible Claims of Bondholders – An Initial Approach, Dikaio Epichirisseon & Etairion (ΔEE) 2012, pp. 294-298.
  • Comment on Decision no. 34/2011 of Kalamata First Instance Court, Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2011, pp. 2317-2325.
  • Comment on Decision no. 385/2011 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos; in Greek), Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2011, pp. 1217-1221.
  • Negotiation as an Intersubjective Process: Creating and Validating Claim-Rights (in English), Philosophical Psychology 26/2013, pp. 89-108, in cooperation with A. Arvanitis.
  • The Truth of Negotiation, World Financial Review July – August 2012, pp.30-33, in cooperation with A. Arvanitis.
  • Negotiation and Aristotle’s Rhetoric: Truth over Interests (in English), Philosophical Psychology 24/2011, pp. 845-860, in cooperation with A. Arvanitis.
  • Haftungsfreizeichnungsklauseln im Griechischen und Deutschen Kaufrecht sowie im DCFR – Die Dichotomie zwischen Individual- und Verbrauchsgüterkauf (in German), Revue Hellénique de Droit International 61/2008, pp. 275-299 = in K. Riesenhuber / I. Karakostas, Inhaltskontrolle im Nationalen und Europäischen Privatrecht (Verlag de Gruyter Recht - Berlin, 2009), pp. 173-194.
  • Pressefreiheit und Figuren des Öffentlichen Lebens: Eine Konkretisierung des berechtigten Informationsinteresses der Allgemeinheit aufgrund des Gedankens „Practise what you preach“ (in German), in Festschrift für Harm Peter Westermann (2008), pp. 365-388.
  • Supervening Hardship as Subdivision of the General Frustration Rule: A Comparative Analysis with Reference to Anglo-American, German, French and Greek Law (in English), European Review of Private Law 2-2005, pp. 105-147.
  • Das neue griechische Kaufrecht (in German), Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) 2004, pp. 676-682.
  • Classification Societies’ Liability towards a Ship’s Purchaser due to False Certificate according to Art. 8 of Law no. 2251/1994 - Consumer Protection Law / Expert Opinion (in Greek), Dikaio Epichirisseon & Etairion (ΔEE) 2011, pp. 391-399, in cooperation with Prof. I. Karakostas.
  • Transfer of 100% of the Shares of a Shipping Company (S.A.) and Possible Liability of the Transferor-Unique Shareholder of the Company for its Debts according to Art. 479 of Greek Civil Code / Expert Opinion (in Greek), Epitheorissi Naftiliakou Dikaiou (ΕΝΔ) 2011/39, pp. 1-4.
  • Comment on Decision no. 810/2010 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos; in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2011, pp. 474-480.
  • The Provision on Unexpected Change of Circumstances of the Draft Common Frame of Reference and the Duty to Contractual Re-Negotiation (in Greek), Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2010, pp. 623-640.
  • The Non-Reliance Clause in a Company Sale as a “Risk-Allocation Clause” – Fraud and “Conscious Ignorance” in the Battlefield between Freedom of Contract and Individuals’ Self-Responsibility (in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2010, pp. 401-413, in cooperation with Prof. P. Papanikolaou.
  • The Abolition of Art. 545 and 546 sent. b-c of Greek Civil Code: An Unfortunate Legislative Initiative (in Greek), Efarmoges Astikou Dikaiou (ΕφΑΔ) 2010, pp. 880-887.
  • Comment on Decision no. 930/2009 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos; in Greek), Dikaio Epichirisseon & Etairion (ΔEE) 2010, pp. 480-484.
  • Comment on Decision no. 1017/2009 of the Greek Supreme Civil Court (Areios Pagos; in Greek), Efarmoges Astikou Dikaiou (ΕφΑΔ) 2010, pp. 317-321.
  • The Banking System and the Next International Economic Crisis (in Greek), Sinigoros (Συνήγορος) 78/2010, pp. 76-77.
  • Option and the Reasons for its Extinction (in Greek), Dikaio Epichirisseon & Etairion (ΔEE) 2009, pp. 142-152.
  • The Offshore Company as Property Owner (in Greek), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (ΧρΙΔ) 2009, pp. 293-301.
  • Forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (in Greek), Sinigoros (Συνήγορος) 72/2009, pp. 44-46.
  • Comment on Decision no. 4794/2008 of the Athens’ Court of Appeals (in Greek), Efarmoges Astikou Dikaiou (ΕφΑΔ) 2009, pp. 930-937.
  • The ‘Polluter Pays Principle’ and the Environmental Protection (in Greek), Environment & Law (Περιβάλλον & Δίκαιο) 2008, pp. 370-372.
  • The Draft of a European Civil Code (in Greek), Efarmoges Astikou Dikaiou (ΕφΑΔ) 2008, pp. 855-872.
  • The Methodological Impact of the Doctrine of the Normative Power of the Actual upon Civil Law (in Greek), Dike (Δίκη) 2008, pp. 8-28.
  • The New German Law of Obligations (in Greek), Nomiko Vima (ΝοΒ) 2002, pp. 1605-1625, in cooperation with Pan. Kontogeorgakopoulos.

-Various articles in daily newspapers and magazines mainly on socio-economic issues.

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