FOR 5906 - TP 6: Corporate law between anthropocentrism and self-driving corporation - how much AI can a company tolerate?

Basic data for this project

Type of projectSubproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration at the University of Münster01/05/2026 - 30/04/2030 | 1st Funding period

Description

Machine-based decision-making raises complex questions in company law that are far from being fully explored. In line with the overall application of the group, the main objective of sub-project 6 is to explore how much anthropocentrism is necessary, but also desirable, in company law. In order to explore this question from a legal dogmatic, comparative and the perspective of law and economics, the sub-project combines two paths. Firstly, the sub-project aims to work out anthropocentric basic principles in German company law and possible limits of so-called self-driving corporations. The second path of the sub-project seeks answers to the question of how a corporation should be organized in order to use AI for the benefit of society. The aim is to present a further contribution to the control of the use of AI in the stock corporation. Among other things, concrete corporate digital responsibility in the board of directors are to be worked out. In addition to the stock corporation, this question will also be analyzed for the GmbH.

Keywords Privatrecht; Gesellschaftsrecht
DFG-Gepris-IDhttps://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/574914960
Funding identifierCA 256/4-1 | DFG project number: 548899139
Funder / funding scheme
  • DFG - Research Unit (FOR)

Project management at the University of Münster

Casper, Matthias
Professor of Civil Law, Corporate, Banking and Capital Markets Law (UKR1)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Casper, Matthias
Professor of Civil Law, Corporate, Banking and Capital Markets Law (UKR1)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

  • Philipps University of MarburgGermany