Commercial Arbitration Law

International Commercial Arbitration is a private dispute settlement instrument, which provides a unique possibility to settle disputes outside of national courts. The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958 provides for enforcement of the arbitral awards in more than 150 jurisdictions worldwide, the private character of arbitration allows to the parties nominate high qualified arbitrators and settle disputes faster than in the national courts. Commercial arbitration is getting more and more popular worldwide. Majority of international commercial contracts contain meanwhile an arbitration clause. Dozens of international commercial arbitration centers worldwide providing infrastructure for arbitration. National legislations of the most countries are based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on international commercial arbitration and therefore harmonized. On the other side international commercial arbitration is a highly complex dispute settlement instrument regulated by international treaties and legislations of different jurisdictions. The proposed course will provide basics of international commercial arbitration and is structured as follows:

• Sources of international commercial arbitration
• Agreement to arbitrate
• Applicable law
• Arbitration proceedings (tribunal, jurisdiction, merits etc.)
• Procedural issues (evidence, cooperation with the national courts etc.)
• Arbitral award
• Challenge of arbitral awards
• Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards

Introduction to German and European Private Law

German private law has strongly influenced many legal systems worldwide and remains to be one of the most referenced to legal frameworks. The strong methodological background and intensive cross- fertilization between the legal literature and court practice lead to development of institutes, which are well-based from the dogmatic point of view and practical at the same time.

The European Union became in the last decades more and more important player in the regulation of private law. Private law is a traditional institute and even cultural heritage for many countries. Therefore, the unification of the private law in the EU is far from accomplishment. However, big steps were done towards the private law harmonization. Far-reaching unification of conflict of law provisions on the one hand and detailed regulation of substantive law issues in currently developing areas (e.g. consumer protection, IT-related issues, data protection) on the other hand made European Law to an important source of private law. European law is one of the key-drivers of global private law development and inspires the vast majority of legal systems worldwide.

The present course will provide the general structure and basic institutes of the German and European private law and their interplay. A special focus will be made on German legal method. Legal research in German and European sources as well as legal writing will be dealt with. The abovementioned general skills will be taught in the framework of different areas of private law (e.g. Law of Obligations, Contract Law, Tort Law, Corporate Law).

The course will touch upon following topics:

• General structure and sources of the German and European Private law
• German and European conflict of law
• The theory of transaction (Rechtsgeschäftslehre)
• Contract law
• Property law
• Tort law
• Unjust enrichment
• Commercial law
• Corporate law

Internationales Vertragsrecht

Die Vertragsverhältnisse im internationalen Wirtschaftsverkehr werden nicht nur durch nationale und europäische sach- und kollisionsrechtliche Vorschriften geregelt. Eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielen internationale Instrumente, die z.T. verbindliche Vorschriften schaffen (z.B. CISG), z.T. „soft law“ darstellen (z.B. UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts). In dem angebotenen Kurs werden die verschiedenen internationalen Vertragsinstrumente vergleichend dargestellt und deren Geltung im Zusammenspiel mit den nationalen sach- und kollisionsrechtlichen Vorschriften dargestellt.

Recht der Informationstechnologien

Informationstechnologien nehmen immer prominenteren Platz in unserem Leben ein. Der Einsatz von Informationstechnologien wird auch rechtlich begriffen und geregelt. Dies betrifft alle Rechtsgebiete des Privatrechts und des öffentlichen Recht einschließlich des Strafrechts, aber auch das internationale Recht. Die angebotene Vorlesung bietet einen Überblick über die Struktur des Rechts der Informationstechnologien und setzt besondere Akzente bei der privatrechtlichen Regulierung einschließlich seiner internationalen Aspekte.

Wintersemester 2023/2024

• IT-Recht
• Staatshaftungsrecht I
• Staatsrecht III
• Seminar: Schiedsverfahrensrecht: im Spannungsfeld der Effektivität und Legitimität (29. und 30. Januar 2024)

Sommersemester 2023

• International Commercial Arbitration Law
• Introduction to German and European Private Law

Wintersemester 2022/2023

• IT-Recht
• Internationales Vertragsrecht
• Seminar: Streitbeilegung in Wirtschaftssachen und militärische Konflikte (Jun.-Prof. Dr. Azar Aliyev)
• Seminar: Eigentum im Wandel: Juristische und rechtsökonomische Perspektiven im Mehrebenensystem (Prof. Dr. Christian Tietje, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Azar Aliyev, Dr. Romy)

Sommersemester 2022

• Commercial Arbitration Law
• Introduction to German and European Private Law

Wintersemester 2021/2022

• Internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht
• IT-Recht
• „Europaweiter Datenschutz: Wem gehört die digitale Welt?“
  Seminar zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen im IT- Recht

Sommersemester 2021

• Commercial Arbitration Law
• Introduction to German and European Private Law

Wintersemester 2020/2021

• Internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht
• IT-Recht
• Seminar „Ein (neues) Kaufrecht für das digitale Zeitalter". Mehr →

Sommersemester 2020

• Commercial Arbitration Law
• Introduction to German and European Private Law

Wintersemester 2019/2020

• Internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht (mit Frau Professorin Caroline Meller- Hannich)
• Schuldrecht BT I
• Seminar: Elektronische Marktplätze: wirtschaftlicher und rechtlicher Paradigmenwechsel

Sommersemester 2019

• Commercial Arbitration Law
• Introduction to German and European Private Law

Wintersemester 2018/19

• Internationales Vertragsrecht
• IT-Recht

Sommersemester 2018

• Commercial Arbitration Law
• Introduction to German and European Private Law

Wintersemester 2017/18

• Internationales Vertragsrecht
• IT-Recht