Spring semester
Private International Law II (BLaw)
| C-Nr: | 3512 |
| Study programme: | Bachelor of Law |
| Part of the module: | Private International Law |
| Instructors: | Prof Dr Leander D. Loacker, MPhil |
| Begin: | 18th February 2026 |
| Time: | Wednesday, 10.15-12.00 p.m. |
| Implementation mode: | Presence only |
| Room: | tbd |
| Teaching materials: | All documents (slide sets, further materials etc.) will be made available on our learning platform. Access requires an activation code, which you have already received in the autumn semester and which remains valid. If you did not attend the first part of the course, please contact the chair. |
| Content: | The course "IPR 2" deals with (further) issues of transnational private and commercial law. The focus is on the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG); reference is also made to the PICC and the Incoterms®. The first half of the semester is designed purely as a lecture; integrated exercises take place in the second half of the semester. In these, the knowledge previously acquired in the lectures is to be applied on the basis of concrete cases. |
| Literature: | Text edition on international private law (including the corresponding international treaties) of your choice, e.g. Loacker, IPR/IZVR, Stämpfli Verlag. Likewise, a textbook on the subject of the lecture, e.g. Schnyder, Internationales Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht, Schulthess Verlag. |
| Exam: | Written exam at the end of the semester |
Tort and Insurance Law (MLaw)
| C-Nr: | 4450 |
| Study programme: | Master of Law |
| Instructors: | Prof Dr Leander D. Loacker, MPhil RA Markus Borle |
| Begin: | 19th February 2026 |
| Time: | Thursday, 12.15-13.45 p.m. |
| Implementation mode: | Presence only |
| Room: | tbd |
| Lecture notes: | All documents (slide sets, further materials etc.) will be made available on our learning platform. Access requires an activation code, which you will receive in the first lecture. Access is not required beforehand. |
| Content: | Selected issues from the (practically particularly important) cross-sectional subject of "liability and insurance". In separate sections, questions of both substantive liability and insurance coverage of claims are discussed. In this way, the aim is to provide as holistic a perspective as possible - from the substantiation of claims to detailed questions of calculation and assessment to the ultimate payment of damages, namely by liability insurers. Previous knowledge of general insurance law is an advantage but not essential. |
| Literature: | Will be announced at the course. |
| Exam: | Written exam at the end of the semester |
Private International Law III (MLaw)
| C-Nr: | 4451 |
| Study programme: | Master of Law |
| Instructors: | Prof Dr Pascal Grolimund, LLM |
| Begin: | 18 th February 2026 |
| Time: | Wednesday, 14.00-15.45 p.m. |
| Implementation mode: | Presence only |
| Room: | tbd |
| Content: | Closely coordinated with the main IPR course at BLaw level, the MLaw level discusses issues of the Special Part. Specifically, the focus is on international family, property and inheritance law. The knowledge gained there will be practised in particular on the basis of practical cases from the field. Prior knowledge of IPR is an advantage, but not mandatory, as long as the general part of IPR is learned in self-study during the lecture. The textbook by Schnyder/Liatowitsch or the Nutshell by Grolimund/Schnyder are suitable for this purpose. Both are available in the library and in bookstores at any time. |
| Literature: | Will be announced in the course. |
| Teaching materials: | Will be announced in the course. |
| Exam: | For a manageable number (20) of fixed registrations oral exam, otherwise written exam |
European Private Law (MLaw)
| C-Nr: | 4374 |
| Study programme: | Master of Law |
| Instructors: | Prof Dr Leander D. Loacker Prof Dr Roger Rudolph PD Dr Lukas Fahrländer |
| Begin: | 17 th February 2026 |
| Time: | Tuesday, 10.15-12.00 Uhr |
| Implementation mode: | Presence only |
| Room: | tbd |
| Content: | Building on the four market freedoms and the efforts of legislative alignment within the EU Single Market, the course aims at presenting the main precepts of substantive private law created by the European Union and to make students aware of the peculiarities of its application in Member States as well as in Non-Member States such as Switzerland. |
| Literature: | Will be announced in the course. |
| Teaching materials: | Will be announced in the course. |
| Exam: | (oral or written) examination at the end of the semesters (depending on the number of applications) |
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