englischThe work offers the foundation of a method of professional contract design for notaries and lawyers. By structuring the decision-making process of contract lawyers, the aim is - in addition to making their work easier - to provide the best possible support for the contracting parties in [...]

englischFrom a traditional point of view, prohibitions of discrimination require a specific legitimation in private law. Based on the case law of the ECJ, the author examines against this background to what extent the prohibitions of discrimination on grounds of nationality under EU primary law are [...]

englischSports associations regularly enact or amend the associations’ statutes and, in doing so, establish regulations which can have a restrictive effect on association members, furthermore on third parties. Through this, sports associations usually invoke the association's autonomy, which, [...]

englischIf the Federal Supreme Court or the Federal Labour Court changes its case law, the question arises whether the new case law applies retroactively. Most solutions to this problem focus on the protection of legitimate expectations. But why should trust of private parties in the continued [...]

Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) sind seit langem Adressaten besonderer Förderung im öffentlichen Recht. In letzter Zeit mehren sich die Anzeichen, dass sie auch im Privatrecht eine Sonderbehandlung erfahren. Aus klassischer Perspektive muss das überraschen, ist doch das tradierte Leitbild des [...]

englischThis study discusses the effects of technology on how the content of contracts is designed. For example, today e-books can be equipped with a technological protection mechanism which prevents them from being copied, which means that an agreement under private law which stipulates that a book [...]

englisch“Values are the driving force of every normalisation; the norm is value solidified into obligation.” This work analyses the relation between values and norms in a width and depth not previously seen. Fundamental issues of legal theory and legal philosophy are answered using a general theory [...]

englischThe scope of the law of restitution – as set out in section 812 subsection 1 sentence 1 alternative 2 of the German Civil Code – for violations of legally protected personal rights has largely been terra incognita so far. Violations of life, body and health, freedom and sexual [...]

englischThe german Civil Law Code stands in for a tight concept of things, which however has less entry for a plausible doctrine of objects, which should be takeble from a Civil Law Code. Unclear phrases in the wording of the law intensify the problem.

The background for the concrete version of the [...]

Wie soll der Schadensersatz nach einer Patent-, Marken- oder Urheberrechtsverletzung berechnet werden? Diese Arbeit bettet diese Frage erstmals umfassend in den deutschen und europäischen Kontext ein. Nach detaillierter Analyse des Schadensrechts der wichtigsten europäischen Rechtsordnungen (u.a. [...]