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The 2020 revised edition of this commentary on the AGG takes into account current developments in case law and the latest opinions in the literature. At the same time, it provides answers to questions that have not yet been clarified.

"AGB Law 2" (2022) addresses current developments in AGB design and the testing of important contract types. For example, in banking law: the first Higher Regional Court (OLG) decision on "break-up fees"; and the German Federal Court’s (BGH) general overturning of the reallocation of the additional expense associated with keeping basic accounts to the account holder alone, and of fiction of consent clauses in AGB banks and savings banks.

The Rome II Regulation regulates the international law of non-contractual obligations relevant to practice. Volume I addresses the international law of torts, unjust enrichment, negotiorum gestio, and culpa in contrahendo. It also provides extensive commentary on the free choice of law. The current state of the dynamic development of jurisprudence at the European Court of Justice and member state courts is taken into account.

This revised edition provides commentary on the assignment of claims in international private law. It includes commentary on recent, especially innovative rulings on procedural law for international contracts with more than 100 rulings by the CJEU and member-state courts; the new article 46C of the Introductory Act to the German Civil Code (EGBGB); and issues of international private law relating to holiday packages and travel services.

This revision of international marriage law takes into account all current developments in the field of marriage, engagement, effects of marriage, marital property law, divorce and civil partnerships. Specific problems are also addressed such as the distinction between domestic and international divorces in the event that the domestic place of residence or ordinary domestic residence establishes a domestic relationship and the act (of declaration), which formally ends the marriage, takes place abroad. Absolutely essential for judges and attorneys.

In Volumes 1 and 2 of commentary on the recent transitional provisions of the EGBGB (Introductory Act to the German Civil Code), the user will find detailed explanations of issues during the transitional period and specific answers to questions that inevitably arise with any change in the law, as to which situations are covered under the new law and where the old law still remains valid.

Volume 2 of the commentary on the transitional provisions in articles 233 to 237 of the EGBGB (Introductory Act to the German Civil Code) includes a detailed explanation of the transitional issues that remain the subject of jurisprudence during the accession period, in property, family, inheritance, and international private law.

The newly revised commentary provides an in-depth look at the relationship between the introductory statute to the civil code (EGBGB) and the increasingly important conflict-of-laws rules of the EU and international treatises. A country overview in the appendix to Art 4 EGBGB provides information about the rights of individuals, family law, and inheritance law in the world’s most important legal systems.

The new commentary of international property law (articles 43-46 of the Introductory Law of the [German] Civil Code) also includes the international law of eminent domain and the relevant state treaties. Particular emphasis is given to the explanation of legal issues regarding cross-border security rights in rem.

The new 2022 edition provides a systematic analysis of important recent decisions on international children’s law (including adoption law) as well as the Protection of Adults Convention. For example, there are contradictory decisions relating to the question of whether the same-sex partner of a woman who has given birth to a child using a sperm donor can acknowledge paternity after gender reassignment.

The new 2024 edition deals with the changes that have been brought about in international private law by the German Act to Reform Guardianship Law. The international law relating to the use of names regulated by Art. 10, 47, and 48 EGBGB has considerable significance in practice, and the German Federal Court of Justice has recently made a number of important decisions on this issue.

Im Zentrum der Neubearbeitung des WEG steht die umfassende Reform des WEG durch das WEMoG im Jahr 2020. In Band 1 wird u.a. auf die umfassende Kodifizierung der rechtsfähigen Gemeinschaft (§§ 9a/b WEG) sowie auf die Neugestaltung der Ansprüche im Innenverhältnis durch § 14 WEG und die Neufassung der Reglung zu den Kosten und Nutzungen in § 16 WEG eingegangen.　

The new edition of the volume "International Contract Law 1" sets out to identify, among other things, the consequences of Brexit. The commentary on international currency law (appendix to art. 9 of the Rome I Regulation) examines the impact of most recent international state debt crises as well as the international regulations for combating money laundering, organized crime, the financing of terrorism, and, not least, the Covid-19 pandemic.

This latest edition provides a detailed commentary on material rights of use, the material right of preemption, and charges on land. High and constantly increasing land prices in Germany mean that the Heritable Building Act is once again gaining in practical significance. This up-to-date commentary pragmatically addresses these complex legal issues.

Executorships are steadily gaining in importance in Germany. The new edition of this textbook specifically addresses the relationship between power of attorney and executorship in the event that companies are included in the estate. In addition, the new edition presents possible solutions in case German executorship is not recognized abroad.

This revised edition provides an up-to-date commentary on the custody provisions issued in the Brussels IIa regulation. The ECJ issued eleven new rulings on this issue between October 2014 and November 2015. Alongside the Hague Convention on Child Abduction of 1980, the Hague Child Protection Convention of 1996 has become increasingly important, having been adopted by all EU member states, most recently coming into force in Italy on 01.01.2016.

Grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Personen und Familien ist heute alltäglich. Daher wird die Frage nach dem auf Unterhaltsansprüche mit Auslandsbezug anwendbaren Recht immer wichtiger. Dies regelt als EU-einheitliche Grundlage das Haager Unterhaltsprotokoll. Die Kommentierung wertet die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Rechtsprechung und Literatur aus. Ein Schwerpunkt sind die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten durch Rechtswahl und deren Grenzen.

The volume Introduction to IPL contains a comprehensive presentation of the principles and general theories of IPL. The new 2024 edition places a special emphasis on Europeanization, the growing significance of party autonomy, and the greater weight being given to material considerations as well as the idea of protecting the vulnerable.

This volume provides an extensive commentary on the matrimonial provisions of the new Brussels Ilb Regulation (2019/1111), which takes effect on August 1, 2022. It helpfully deals with aspects of procedure. Moreover, it provides up-to-date commentary on the national provisions on responsibility and acknowledgment in §§ 97, 98, 103, 106–110 FamFG, which still apply in relation to third states and Denmark.

This commentary provides a detailed presentation of the complete international private law in competition and intellectual property law, taking into account all recent legal developments, such as the Act amending the Act against Restraints of Competition and the Trade Secrets Act. Its overall concept is consistently based on the principle of consequences as the overarching principle of conflict in international commercial law.

Cases with a foreign element are of great importance in practical company law. Along with questions of German, European and foreign company law they also raise questions concerning conflict of laws provisions, company law relating to groups and capital market law. There is therefore a great demand for information, but providing advice in accordance with interests is particularly difficult. The fundamental cross-section representation in Staudinger provides practitioners and scholars equally grounded access to all questions of international company and corporate law.

The new 2023 edition of leasing law informs readers of current developments in the jurisprudence and literature relating to leasing, including car leasing. Recently, German courts have initiated preliminary proceedings at the CJEU on issues such as the guidelines that leasing contracts for vehicles with mileage statements are subject to and the question of whether leasing contracts with mileage statements fall within the category of rental cars.

New to the Staudinger: the comprehensive commentary on the Civil Partnership Act. The specific legal issues related to same-sex civil partnerships, which are characterized by extensive references to the complex regulations of marriage law (e.g. law of matrimonial property, maintenance after legal separation or divorce, pension sharing), are explained in a manner that is evidence-based and yet practice-oriented.

The new edition brings its commentary on environmental liability law up to date, covering general liability claims including tort, strict, and "sacrifice" liability (Aufopferungshaftung). Particular attention is paid to claims arising from the German Civil Code, Environmental Liability Act, Atomic Energy Act, Federal Mining Act, Federal Immission Control Act, Genetic Engineering Act, Liability Act, and Water Resources Act.

The revised edition features a comprehensive commentary on the CISG from a single author. The practical importance of the CISG can be seen in the growing number of contracting states and the rapid increase in corresponding court rulings, especially in Germany. In addition to bringing the commentary exhaustively up to date, this new edition devotes particular attention to the extent to which the CISG intervenes in digital markets.

This revised edition includes detailed consideration of legal developments in recent years related to damages for tortious liability under § 823 of the German Civil Code. Recent case law and literature have been incorporated into the commentary.

A highly topical commentary: by passing the German Act on the Distribution of Brokerage Fees in the Intermediation of Purchase Agreements for Apartments and Detached Houses, which took effect on December 23, 2020, the legislature has made considerable changes to brokerage law.This revised edition contains a commentary on the new regulations for brokerage fees and also addresses the numerous new supreme court rulings on brokerage law.

This commentary on §§ 783–811 has been completely reworked. In its treatment of §§ 793 ff. of the German Civil Code, it provides an in-depth explanation of the capital market securities dominant in today's practice and develops independent solutions. It also includes the new provisions on the current German Act on Electronic Securities (eWpG).

The new 2023 edition integrates current developments, such as questions of "climate liability," and discusses the latest court decisions. It sheds light on dogmatic controversies as well as how norms are handled in practice. Moreover, it answers questions about the key matters of property law, such as claims about the return of objects, claims for removal and injunction, and the relationship between owner and possessor.

The revised 2019 edition includes up-to-date practical commentary on mortgage law. Among others, it explains the changes resulting from the law implementing the European residential real estate credit guideline. The commentary is both practical and critical and addresses specific legal issues, including enforcement priority for so-called housing subsidies and the treatment of prepayment of rent.

The new edition considers current legal developments in the area of pledges on movable property and offers commentary that leads to reliable and rapidly implementable solutions to problems surrounding collateral pledge rights. Moreover, it briefly but thoroughly presents the major regulations on material ship ownership as part of the commentary on the Shipping Registry Act.

The new 2023 edition takes a practical approach to address current developments in material and legal form regulations in the German Civil Code (§ 125-129 BGB) and the authentication procedure detailed in the German Authentication Act (§§ 1-53 BeurkG). It provides an overview of the purposes and scope of individual form regulations, considering the paragraphs of the Authentication Act within the systematic context of the authentication procedure.

The new 2023 edition provides detailed, foresighted, solution-based commentary on changes that have taken place in the field of marriage, annulment, and de facto partnerships and that raise difficult legal questions – such as the controversial question of whether the "may" rule in § 1314 para. 1 BGB gives the court discretion or instead only names the grounds for annulment and binds the court to a specific ruling.

The new 2024 edition deals in depth with all of the latest developments that have taken place in the general field of marriage law, which was recently the object of a number of legislative updates, the effects of which are described here in detail. The commentary has been brought up to date with court decisions and literature, which means that it is ideally suited to use in both scholarship and practice.

The section on the revised Statutory Property Law brings the commentary fully up to day. It takes up the changes in the legal situation resulting from reform of the law on compensation for increased value and evaluates the resulting case law and literature. Whenever they are relevant, the commentary fully examines the procedural rules in force since the inception of the Act on Procedure in Family Matters (FamFG).

The current updated revision of §§ 139–163 is a solution-oriented, practical commentary on legal issues regarding pre-contractual obligations, freedom of contract, obligation to contract, and provisions regarding conditions and timeframes. To amplify interpretation of general business conditions and their connections with European law, the book presents the latest relevant decisions of the EU Court of Justice.

The new 2023 edition addresses current problems in the matrimonial property regime: the limits of property agreements, combining different matrimonial property regimes, and the type and scope of rescindments. Moreover, it updates the commentary on community of property regulations.

The revision 2011 analyzes the development of the law of parentage in a well-founded scientific manner. Among other topics, the central new provision set out in section 1598a and the procedure for enforcing the claim to clarify paternity based on section 1598a are addressed. The competent authority's right to contest in order to prevent the misuse of the acknowledgement of paternity (section 1600 sub-section 1 number 5 and sub-section 6) is also examined. In addition, the commentary takes a critical view of legal and political challenges in this field, such as new forms of artificial reproduction (embryos, embryo donors).

Sections 1601-1615n have been substantially revised. The 2022 revision includes the latest legal developments. The structure of the minor maintenance is presented – new assessment of the minimum maintenance – Düsseldorfer table 2018 – maintenance in the alternating model – examination scheme for relative maintenance – overview deductible rates and much more.

This newly revised commentary on §§ 1616–1625 examines current legal issues regarding the “right of naming” and the objective complexities of the difficult legal matters related to the reform of naming rights alongside the growing dynamization and internationalization of family relationships. In the realm of parent–child relationships, it presents issues related to liability and the prerequisites for the existence of a guarantor’s obligation.

This revised version addresses various new court decisions and associated discussions: e.g. in § 1671: new media (computer use; internet contacts; weight of the child’s will); in § 1666: the legal status of unborn life (naciturus); treatment of truants.

The extensively reworked new edition of 2023 is the first to provide commentary on § 1766 a BGB. It extensively takes into account the impact that the Adoption Aid Act of February 12, 2021, has had on stepchild adoptions and the opening of adoptions. The latest German Federal Court of Justice ruling on, e.g., the conditions of adult option and custody after adoption is explained in detail.

This newly revised commentary provides a comprehensive analysis of current guardianship law. Its appendix contains an outline of the most recent deliberations of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection on guardianship law reform and the current discussions they have engendered. It also examines the updated remuneration and compensation rules for guardians and caregivers.

WEG 2 legt die Neukommentierungen zu wichtigen Kernpunkten der Reform vor: u.a. die Erleichterung der baulichen Veränderung durch §§ 20/21 WEG, die Neuordnung der Verwaltung mittels der rechtsfähigen Gemeinschaft als Trägerin der Verwaltung in §§ 18/19 sowie der Stärkung der Entscheidungsmacht des Verwalters nach § 27 WEG. Die Bestimmungen zur Eigentümerversammlung (§ 23-25 WEG) und zum Finanzwesen (§ 28 WEG) brachten wesentliche Neuerungen durch das WEMoG.

This commentary covers recent case law on the withdrawal of care in excessively unworkable cases ("Unbetreubarkeit Betroffener"), on demonstrating expertise for experts without specialist physician qualifications (psychiatrists), and on special guardianship and co-guardianship for unaccompanied refugee/asylum seeking minors.

This volume provides commentary on the liability of heirs, claims to inheritance and communities of heirs. The system of liability is presented in overview, and the problematics of the order of preference explained in the context of § 1973. Due consideration is given to contracts for the purchase of inheritance, the acknowledgement of debts, limited liability for heirs, distribution of estates and the transfer of debt with release from liability.

Die aktuelle Neubearbeitung konzentriert sich, neben der praxisrelevanten inhaltlichen Nichtigkeit von Verfügungen von Todes wegen, den Vorschriften über die Erbeinsetzung einschließlich der Vor- und Nacherbschaft, des Vermächtnisses und der Auflage auf die Testamentsauslegung, einen der kompliziertesten Aspekte im deutschen Erbrecht. Auf Themen wie die europäische ErbrechtsVO, die Freistellung einzelner Gegenstände von der Nacherbschaft oder die langfristige Vermietung durch den Vorerben wird ebenfalls eingegangen. Die Kommentatoren analysieren die aktuelle höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung und entwickeln Lösungen für noch ungeklärte bzw. streitige Rechtsfragen.

Besides bringing together §§ 2229–2302 in one volume, this reconceptualized volume now also contains an introduction to wills and contracts of inheritance, in which it asks why practitioners choose joint legacies in certain constellations and contracts of inheritance in others. With limited objectives, comprehensive solutions to contracts of inheritance are developed, which it contrasts with one-sided dispositions, and much more.

Die für Erbrechtspraktiker wichtige Neubearbeitung klärt u.a. die Bedeutung der Kontroverse um die Anwendung des § 2310 S. 2 BGB auf den Pflichtteilsverzicht, geht zudem auf das (auch notarielle) Nachlassverzeichnis, den Streit zum Zuziehungsrecht des Pflichtteilsberechtigten oder die latente Steuerlast ein. Zur Erbunwürdigkeit werden u.a. wichtige Fragen zur Schuld und zur Einwilligung vor der Tat lösungsorientiert erläutert.

This edition of Renunciation of Inheritance (§§ 2346–2352) addresses issues like the consequences of renouncing the statutory right to inheritance or the compulsory share; the court test of reasonableness of contents in spousal inheritance renunciation contracts; qualifying settlements for the renunciation of inheritance as legal transactions with or without payment; renouncing inheritance in procedural, tax, and international private law; etc.

The commentary includes a discussion of major issues regarding renunciation of inheritance, certificates of succession, and the sale of an inheritance. The European Regulation on Succession comes into force 2015 for an inheritance with a foreign connection. It includes regulations for a European Certificate of Succession, which supplants §§ 2353 ff BGB, 342 FamFG in succession proceedings with foreign connections.

This newly revised commentary examines the critical treatment of case law and legal literature on defective performance: impossibility of performance, debtor and creditor defaults, fault, liability for damage from downtime, and reimbursement of expenses. In addition to providing the first commentary on the newly enacted articles §§ 270a and 271a of the German Civil Code, this volume discusses issues relating to place of performance and maturity.

"AGB Law 1" (2022) addresses the discussions sparked by the EU Court of Justice’s "Dziubak" decision about the conformity of §306, par. 2 with the directive, in particular the permissibility of filling gaps with additional contract interpretations. It also includes § 308, no. 9, added due to the German Act on Fair Consumer Contracts; the new platform to business and geoblocking regulation; and the systematic evaluation of dynamic court decisions.

The new edition of §§ 311, 311a-c, addresses developments in areas such as prospectus liability (e.g., management company liability, duty to inform in bank transactions). New questions about culpa in contrahendo claims are being raised in cases where (often drawn out) contractual negotiations are terminated due to the Corona virus. The volumea updates the permissible content and form requirements of contracts for properties, assets, and estates.

The new 2023 edition focuses on the latest legislative changes. It presents the adaptations that have been made in the law of consumer goods, as well as the relationship between those provisions and the new §§ 327 ff BGB. The stipulations on EU law have been integrated into the commentary on §§ 481 ff. The volume places special emphasis on developments taking place in the market of time-sharing products, such as "managed co-ownership."

The law of donations is closely related to different areas of law, from the General Part of the German Civil Code to company law and tax law. This new edition systematically answers concrete questions, e.g., about indirect donations and their consequences in tax assessments or about the ceding of personal data as a donation as set out in §§ 516 ff.

The focus on user needs and the depth of scholarship in this commentary make it the ideal resource for all tenancy law inquiries, both in academia and practice. Focuses of the new 2024 edition: consequences of "grace period payments," tenants’ claim to damages for unjustified termination (consequential damages of termination), and the latest law changes, for example, a new commentary on § 578b BGB (digital products) and the German Heating Act.

Alongside an evaluation of judicial decisions and scholarship in the fields of lease and loan contract law, the new 2024 edition of §§ 581–606 of the German Civil Code presents current legal developments, for instance, regarding the influence of the Corona pandemic on commercial leases. It discusses the application of tenancy law to a range of lease objects and its interplay with other areas of law.

The commentary on § 611 has been expanded with further practice-relevant service contracts. In employment law, the Corona pandemic but above all digital technology have given rise to new work models and therefore new legal issues that are addressed in this new edition, e.g., the criteria for classifying "crowdworkers" as employees in the German Federal Employment Court’s (BAG) recent crowdworker decision pursuant to § 611a BGB.

This systematic 2022 commentary on the termination of service and employment relationships takes an academically founded but also practical approach to addresses relevant new developments. For example, as the result of two EU Court of Justice decisions, the German Federal Employment Court (BAG) will have to pay more attention to the share of temporary employment contracts in the professional sector in question within the scope of its abuse test.

This commentary on work contract law is the first to address §§ 650a-v of the German Civil Code, with an emphasis on building, architectural, engineering, and property developer contracts. The volume provides in-depth analysis of new legal issues in contract law along with proposed solutions. Moreover, it examines the relevant rulings from the Federal Court of Justice and draws conclusions for urgent problems in practice.

This new edition offers a highly topical discussion of the package tour directive as revised by supranational legislators in 1990. The directive is to be used by member states when it comes into force on 1 July 2018. The commentary answers all currently relevant questions on the supranational regulations, which require adaptation of package tour law to developments in the travel market.

This revised version sheds light on the current state of German brokerage law, explaining details surrounding the signing of brokerage contracts, liability for incorrect advice, the mortgage brokerage contract, and the offer of a mortgage loan.

This volume provides detailed coverage of German law on mandate and contracts for the management of the affairs of another. It considers the full scope of recent jurisprudence and the literature. This edition has been updated in various areas, including with a view to attorney, tax consultant, and investment advisory contracts; the Federal Supreme Court’s "kick-back" judicature; and the implications of the Rome I Regulation.

Die zum 13.1.2018 in Kraft tretenden Neufassung der BGB-Bestimmungen zum Zahlungsdienstrecht wird erstmalig im Staudinger kommentiert. Die neuen Regeln gelten primär für Dienstleister des Zahlungsverkehrs, darüber hinaus aber auch für Anbieter von Waren- oder Dienstleistungen, die parallel dazu eine entsprechende Zahlungsabwicklung organisieren, wie etwa eine Online-Handelsplattform. Durch die Neuregelung wurden der Anwendungsbereich des Gesetzes erweitert sowie Ausnahmetatbestände eingeschränkt. Daraus ergeben sich neue Anforderungen und Rechtsfragen, die kompetent und lösungsorientiert kommentiert werden.

The 2020 revision of this commentary on §§ 677–704 takes into account current developments in case law as well as the latest opinions in the literature. In addition, it suggests approaches for solving unresolved questions.

Die Neubearbeitung 2020 der §§ 765-778 bringt die bewährte Kommentierung des Bürgschaftsrechts auf den neuesten Stand der umfangreichen Rechtsprechung und Literatur. Die praxisrelevanten Fragen zur Bürgschaft werden unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rechtsprechung erörtert. Auch das Zusammenspiel des Bürgschaftsrechts mit anderen Rechtsgebieten wird lösungsorientiert dargestellt.

This commentary on § 779 sheds light on the multifaceted aspects of dispute resolution by settlement. With a view to §§ 780–782, it addresses the manifold problems related to different forms of debt acknowledgement.

This commentary covers recent legal decisions and literature and examines new types of foundations, considering ongoing debates on legal reform and showing how they relate to current legislation. The commentary explores the legal framework surrounding safeguarding and managing assets in foundations with legal capacity under private law in light of the ECB’s ongoing low interest rate policy.

The law of unjust enrichment is of central importance for all areas of civil law - and beyond, if we consider the repercussions on reimbursement claims under public law. Complex issues such as intricate triangular transactions as well as the uncertain content of a claim of unjustified enrichment are systematically and clearly explained. Where appropriate, the author develops new and balanced solutions. New rulings and important publications are extensively analysed in the relevant context.

Die aktuelle Kommentierung des § 826 BGB umfasst die erste geschlossene wissenschaftliche Darstellung der Anwendung des § 826 BGB im sog „Abgasskandal". Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs, aber vor allem auch die der Oberlandesgerichte, die für die vorliegende Darstellung umfassend ausgewertet wurde, verwandelte § 826 BGB innerhalb kürzester Zeit in ein eigenständiges Institut der vertraglichen Rückabwicklung, das selbstständig neben die §§ 346 ff. BGB und die §§ 812 ff. BGB tritt. Die Kommentierung erfasst aus kritischer Sicht alle Einzelheiten dieser Rechtsprechung bis hin zu den Details des haftungsausfüllenden Schadens (Vorteilsausgleichung, Zinshaftung, Annahmeverzug, haftungsbeendende Verhaltensänderung, Ersatz des positiven Interesses usw) und der Beziehung des §　826 BGB zu anderen Normen (§§ 31, 848, 852 BGB, RVG usw.). Ein Schwerpunkt der Kommentierung des Produkthaftungsgesetzes stellt die Haftungsverantwortung bei der Implementierung neuer Technologien dar. Eingearbeitet wurde der Diskussionsstand zur Haftung für autonome Systeme im Straßenverkehr und zur Führung des Entlastungsbeweises mit Hilfe der Blockchain-Technologie. Auch sonstige Haftungsfragen der Implementierung Künstlicher Intelligenz bzw der Einrichtung eines Internets der Dinge werden praxisbezogen und im Detail dargestellt.

The new 2022 edition contains an overview of decisions pertaining to § 830 including, e.g., a decision on whether the members of a vehicle manufacturer’s development department are its vicarious agents (diesel emissions scandal). It also focuses on current developments in parents’ obligation to prevent their children from breaching copyright online.

Die aktuelle Neubearbeitung 2020 der §§ 839, 839a berücksichtigt die aktuelle Rechtsprechungsentwicklung und setzt sich mit den jüngsten Meinungen im Schrifttum auseinander. Zugleich werden eigene Lösungsansätze für noch ungeklärte Fragen beantwortet.

The new edition takes into account the legal developments that have taken place in the law of torts in §§ 840–853 in recent years. It is the first to provide commentary on §844 para. 3 BGB, which regulates payments for surviving dependents. The revision of § 852 provides an extensive discussion of the "diesel cases."

This volume covers one of the central areas of property law. The provisions laid down by the priority notice in §§ 883–888 of the German Civil Code are of paramount importance and have led to controversies between the Federal Court of Justice and many legal scholars. The commentary addresses recent developments in the literature and in case law.

Die vom BGH vertretene These von der "Wiederaufladung" einer wegen Wegfalls der gesicherten Forderung erloschenen Vormerkung durch bloße Bewilligung des Vormerkungsschuldners hat zu Kontroversen geführt.###

Der §889a regelt mit § 47 GBO n.F. und § 15 GBVerf n.F. den Erwerb eines Liegenschaftsrechts von einer GbR, deren Gesellschafter im Grundbuch nicht (korrekt) verlautbart sind und wirft neue, im Band fundiert erläuterte Fragen auf.

This volume takes a solution-based approach to thoroughly explain the regulations pertaining to declarations of intent (§§ 16–124 and §§ 130–133), which are particularly important in practice, taking into account current developments in electronic declarations of intent. The new commentary on §§ 90–103 addresses current development relating to the impact of contracting structures on ownership law (including in supply lines).

This commentary highlights important developments in legal dogmatics while also addressing cutting-edge issues such as “data ownership.” With a view to neighborhood law, it critically analyzes court decisions in favor of the party causing the disturbance (e.g. toleration of music in domestic settings if distance rules are observed).

The revised 2020 edition offers detailed commentary on current developments in the law of irregularity in performance related to §§ 315–326, including the reciprocity in contractual practice of specific contract types, the requirement for advance performance, the determination of creditor responsibility, the prerequisites for rescission, and the relationship between the consequences of rescission and compensation for damages.

This commentary on contractual penalties unites developments in competition law, commercial tenancy law, and labor court rulings in order to provide a systematic overview of relevant legal issues. In the commentary on § 328, applicatory cases are categorized as “contracts to the benefit of third parties” or as “contracts with protective effect for the benefit of third parties.“

Die §§ 346-354 behandeln den Rücktritt vom Vertrag. Die Neubearbeitung kommentiert fundiert die Voraussetzungen und Folgen des Rücktritts, insbesondere auch des Nutzungsersatzes und beleuchtet schwierige Einzelfragen umfassend wie etwa die Kombination von Rücktritt und Schadensersatz. Auch die Neuerungen durch das Gesetz zur Regelung des Verkaufs von Sachen mit digitalen Inhalten und anderen Aspekten des Kaufvertrags mit Wirkung für Verträge ab dem 1. 1. 2022 sind übersichtlich aufgearbeitet.

The regulations regarding the right of withdrawal (sections 346-354) and the right of revocation and return (sections 355 - 359) as they apply to consumer contracts, which were fundamentally altered by the reform of the law of obligations and have gained in practical importance, have comprehensively been brought up to date. Discussions on current developments, such as the dispute surrounding the right of return for Internet purchases, are well substantiated and concrete solutions are developed and suggested.

By critically examining current relevant rulings, the new 2021 edition provides readers with the most intensive explanation of specific problems (including mobile payment) by taking a new, distinct approach to solving the problems of §§ 362–396. This commentary contains the most comprehensive compilation of evidence from both rulings and the literature for more in-depth research.

The new edition takes into account the digital content guidelines and purchase of goods guidelines that took effect on January 1, 2022. The commentary reveals the cross-references to §§ 327 ff as well as §§ 475a ff, which entail considerable modifications to warranty law. Sales law has also been a component of many important supreme court decisions – e.g., in the context of the VW diesel scandal – which have been incorporated into the commentary.

This volume contains a comprehensive presentation of legal provisions for consumer loan agreements and equivalent forms of credit following the implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC, effective on 11 June 2010, and taking into account the Act for the Introduction of a Uniform Template for Revocation Information of 24 July 2010. In addition to highlighting the changes that have occurred in comparison to previous laws, the book incorporates German Federal Supreme Court rulings that have been issued since the publication of the 2004 edition.