Ius Communitatis

This handbook is one of a kind in the market and systematically and comprehensively covers the methodological issues of European law. It combines an in-depth examination of methodological issues, which is consolidates using specific areas of law and institutions as examples. National reports provide commentary on the perspectives of other member states.

This volume contains an overview of European contract law. It takes the perspective of the law of the European Union above all and analyzes the aspects of primary and secondary law that are relevant to contract law. At the same time, it addresses its implementation in the legal systems of member states. The book deals with international private law in just as much depth as it does the special methodological issues of European private law.

This book explores the European law of civil procedure from a systematic and dogmatic perspective by comprehensively assessing and providing a detailed explanation of all the instruments adopted in this area of the law. Based on the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it expounds on the legislative powers of the Union, the different regulatory levels of European procedural law, its underlying concepts and legislative techniques. Against this background, it addresses the interfaces of the European law of civil procedure with the civil procedures of the EU Member States and the judicial cooperation with third States. The 2nd edition of this treatise also focusses on latest developments such as the protection the independence of the judiciary and of the rule of law in the Member States of the European Union. Moreover, it tackles alternative dispute resolution and arbitration, as well as the latest policy of the EU Commission in the digitization of national justice systems. To further contextualize the development of the European law of civil procedure, it also provides the reader with a thorough understanding of preliminary reference procedures before the Court of Justice. In its final chapter, it addresses the current policy debate towards a European code of civil procedure.

This reference book is an essential reading for academics, regulators, and practitioners seeking reliable and comprehensive information about the European law of civil procedure. It also addresses trainee lawyers and students interested in cross-border litigation and dispute resolution, as well as those who wish to specialize in European business law.

Die Neuauflage enthält eine Gesamtdarstellung des europäischen Obligationenrechts. Sie nimmt vor allem die Perspektive des Unionsrechts ein und analysiert die schuldrechtsbezogenen Aspekte des Primär- und Sekundärrechts. Gleichzeitig geht die Darstellung auf die Umsetzung in den mitgliedstaatlichen Rechtsordnungen ein. Das IPR wird ebenso umfassend behandelt wie die speziellen Methodenfragen des europäischen Privatrechts. Auch die vielfältigen Wege der Rechtsdurchsetzung finden ihre kontextbezogene Berücksichtigung. Die Neuauflage behandelt neben dem Vertragsrecht auch außervertragliche Schuldverhältnisse (v.a. Verletzung von Persönlichkeitsrechten, Datenschutz und Produkthaftung sowie Haftung in Lieferketten).

Today, corporate law is European – for large companies. This presentation uses a range of different sources to bring together all of its realities – the European Union with its single market, harmonization, supranational forms, and national variants; the organization and constitution of companies and capital markets and their financing; legal design and economics; literature and case law throughout Europe.