All law courses enlisted below are open for incoming exchange students who study law at their home university. As a law student you will be contacted before your arrival with detailed information regarding your course choice.
If you are a student from another school / faculty, you can choose law courses from the University Wide Elective courses list. To register for those courses please send an email to law.international including (very important!!) your name, surname, home university, which faculty you are visiting in Mannheim, which level of studies you currently are (bachelor/master). Please note that some of the courses have limited places available and therefore we cannot guarantee a spot. Also please make sure to pick courses that correspond to your level (bachelor courses if you are a bachelor student and master courses if you are a master student or have already finished three years of studies). For special requirements please check the descriptions for each course. uni-mannheim.de
Full time University of Mannheim students are also welcome to participate.
The ECTS points in the Course Catalogue are valid for incoming students. Please refer to those when you plan your courses, not to the ECTS points in the Portal.
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Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 13:45 – 15:15 | SO 108 Hörsaal; Schloss Schneckenhof Ost |
Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 04.09.2024 – 04.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | 001.A Hörsaal; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
Montag (wöchentlich) | 09.09.2024 – 23.09.2024 | 13:45 – 15:15 | W 017 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
This class makes the nature of Comparative Law as well as its functions and aims accessible to students from different legal backgrounds. As studying even one legal system fully is difficult and time-consuming, the course must necessarily take a selective approach to comparative law and to the multitude of legal systems in the world. The class Comparative Law I therefore will focus on European Legal Traditions, whose similarities and differences are an important driver of European harmonization. Matching the overall aim of this module the course will focus on private law and business law aspects of comparative law.
The course has three main components. The first part will cover the origins and utility of comparative law, its aims, tools and methods. This part will particularly focus on the legal orders, which the participants of the class are most familiar with.
The main second part of the course will look at common features of generally accepted concepts of both contract law and of building bricks necessary for any business law, such as division of work, liability, tort law and insurance. The different possible solutions for these problems, which appear in different forms in many jurisdictions, will be presented, followed by an analysis of how they are governed by legal orders belonging to different legal families. Lines of influence and hybrids will similarly be covered.
Furthermore, the course will give comparative legal insights to laws in transition as well as legal transplants. Whereas former socialist European countries may serve as an example for the first, the adoption of economic concepts in contract law (such as merchandising and franchising from the US in Europe and the respective related problems of integration into European Union law) are paradigmatic for the second. The third part of the course will cover a comparison of legal education and profession (e.g. role of the judiciary), a critical matter for proper delivery of legal services to foreign clients and working effectively with international law partners.Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 06.09.2024 – 06.12.2024 | 15:30 – 17:00 | 016 Seminarraum; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 15:30 – 17:00 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 13.09.2024 – 25.10.2024 | 15:30 – 18:45 | EO 169 Seminarraum; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 10:15 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Montag (2-wöchentlich) | 16.09.2024 – 02.12.2024 | 18:00 – 20:30 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Donnerstag (Einzeltermin) | 16.01.2025 | 09:00 – 17:00 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 17.01.2025 | 09:00 – 17:00 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 06.09.2024 – 18.10.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 12.11.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 17:15 – 20:30 | A 001 Großer Hörsaal; B 6, 23–25 Bauteil A |
Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 04.09.2024 – 04.12.2024 | 10:15 – 12:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 06.09.2024 – 06.12.2024 | 08:30 – 10:00 | SO 108 Hörsaal; Schloss Schneckenhof Ost |
Montag (wöchentlich) | 02.09.2024 – 02.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 04.09.2024 – 04.12.2024 | 12:45 – 13:30 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
The course is designed to give a comprehensive survey of German private law, i.e. general rules of private law, commercial law, and civil procedure.
An important structural decision of German private law (sic!) is already displayed by the fact that the Civil Code is the ‘law book for citizens’ – today including consumers – whereas particular rules for businesses are comprised in the commercial code, corporate law, and various other codifications.
However, both general private law, and commercial law are enforced by the same rules of civil procedure. The German Civil Code is of paramount importance for understanding German law as its concept and system has impressed the legal thinking of generations of German lawyers. Students will be acquainted with both its sources, and its general principles. In the course of the class students will learn to work with the German civil code, understand the underlying system, influences on the Civil Code from the European Union (EU), and the accepted methods of interpretation.
Montag (2-wöchentlich) | 09.09.2024 – 25.11.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | 016 Seminarraum; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 13:45 – 15:15 | W 017 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 15:30 – 17:00 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 10:15 – 11:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 10:15 – 11:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 13:45 – 15:15 | EO 165 Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Montag (wöchentlich) | 02.09.2024 – 02.12.2024 | 10:15 – 11:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 08:30 – 10:00 | SN 163 Manfred Lautenschläger Hörsaal; Schloss Schneckenhof Nord |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 06.09.2024 – 06.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | EO 165 Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Montag (wöchentlich) | 02.09.2024 – 02.12.2024 | 08:30 – 10:00 | EO 162 Seminarraum; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 13:45 – 15:15 | ZOOM-Lehre-048; Virtuelles Gebäude |
Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 04.09.2024 – 04.12.2024 | 17:15 – 18:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 25.10.2024 – 06.12.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 117 Hörsaal; Schloss Westflügel |
This class makes the nature of Comparative Law as well as its functions and aims accessible to students from different legal backgrounds. As studying even one legal system fully is difficult and time-consuming, the course must necessarily take a selective approach to comparative law and to the multitude of legal systems in the world. The class Comparative Law I therefore will focus on European Legal Traditions, whose similarities and differences are an important driver of European harmonization. Matching the overall aim of this module the course will focus on private law and business law aspects of comparative law.
The course has three main components. The first part will cover the origins and utility of comparative law, its aims, tools and methods. This part will particularly focus on the legal orders, which the participants of the class are most familiar with.
The main second part of the course will look at common features of generally accepted concepts of both contract law and of building bricks necessary for any business law, such as division of work, liability, tort law and insurance. The different possible solutions for these problems, which appear in different forms in many jurisdictions, will be presented, followed by an analysis of how they are governed by legal orders belonging to different legal families. Lines of influence and hybrids will similarly be covered.
Furthermore, the course will give comparative legal insights to laws in transition as well as legal transplants. Whereas former socialist European countries may serve as an example for the first, the adoption of economic concepts in contract law (such as merchandising and franchising from the US in Europe and the respective related problems of integration into European Union law) are paradigmatic for the second. The third part of the course will cover a comparison of legal education and profession (e.g. role of the judiciary), a critical matter for proper delivery of legal services to foreign clients and working effectively with international law partners.Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 06.09.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 20.09.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 11.10.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 25.10.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 08.11.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 29.11.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 06.09.2024 – 06.12.2024 | 15:30 – 17:00 | 016 Seminarraum; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
The course gives a thorough introduction to the legal problems, which may occur in the course of the use of the internet in general and e-commerce in particular. It is focused on the view of business related activities. Based on an introduction to the infrastructure of the internet the course will analyse the major legal issues of five economically relevant sections :
The chapter on E-Commerce & Private Law will inter alia cover formation of contract, standard terms and conditions, consumer protection and specific problems connected to internet auctions and mobile commerce.
Advertising for e-commerce will take a look at rules of unfair competition, required imprint information, the ban on spamming, specific requirements for sales of pharmaceutical products via the internet and, of course, on ad-words. Further the liability under tele media law, for hyperlinks, hotspot operators and for user generated content will be an important issue.
The section on copyright law and online shops will focus on copyright restrictions for the presentation of content (including file sharing and streaming) and will take a look on the protection of content and websites.
The section on domains will explain the domain name system and its implications on trademark law and unfair competition law. It will also look at the possibilities to protect a domain as trademark. Finally and the legal consequences of infringement will be covered.
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 17.10.2024 | 15:30 – 18:45 | 016 Seminarraum; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 13.09.2024 – 25.10.2024 | 15:30 – 18:45 | EO 169 Seminarraum; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
All private persons or companies upon entering one of the EU Member States not only come under this single State’s national legal order. They are immediately affected by “European Law”, the law of the European Union granting them certain rights and privileges but also requiring them to comply with certain duties and obligations.
The internal market is one of the essential cornerstones of the European Union. The Market Freedoms lie at its heart. The free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is essential for unifying the markets while ensuring competition and trade within Europe. The freedoms grant direct effective rights to private persons and legal persons, which can be enforced before national courts, and guarantee the freedom of contract in a transnational perspective.
The course will focus on a systematic survey of the market freedoms by the means of studying the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
Freitag (wöchentlich) | 06.09.2024 – 06.12.2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Dienstag (wöchentlich) | 03.09.2024 – 03.12.2024 | 10:15 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
European Union Law has an increasing impact on the taxation of private individuals as well as of companies doing business in Europe. While the European Union has no original tax authority its law has a major influence on national tax laws.
The course will start with an introduction into European Union Tax Law, the aims and measures so far taken by European institutions. After that the course will cover the positive harmonization of indirect taxes mainly by European directives. In a third part the course will focus on secondary law harmonizing direct taxes in Europe, e.g. the Parent-Subsidiary Directive. In a last section the course deals with the importance of the fundamental freedoms for the taxation in Europe. A special focus will be put on the case law of the European Court of Justice.
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 15:30 – 17:00 | EO 169 Seminarraum; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Parties to international disputes tend to strive for litigation in their home countries. This is primarily attributable to the parties’ and their representatives’ familiarity with the system and language. This tendency can even be observed in cases where an informed choice would prove a foreign venue to be more favourable, be it for procedural reasons (e.g. evidence, costs of litigation) or matters of substance (applicable law, ordre public, mandatory rules of the forum, scope of private autonomy).
The opposite effect can be observed with regard to arbitration. Arbitration often is chosen by parties in the belief that it is a superior means of dispute resolution, e.g. because it is said to be time- and cost-efficient, neutral, arbitrators ensure high legal quality and superior understanding of business contexts. In fact arbitration can be a very reasonable means of solving legal disputes. But whether state courts must be shy of the comparison will depend on the arbitration rules and venue chosen and the subject matter or the dispute.
The course consists of two parts: The first focuses on cross border litigation before state courts, the second will provide an overview on arbitration law.
Donnerstag (wöchentlich) | 05.09.2024 – 05.12.2024 | 10:15 – 13:30 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
The course is designed to give a comprehensive survey of German private law, i.e. general rules of private law, commercial law, and civil procedure.
An important structural decision of German private law (sic!) is already displayed by the fact that the Civil Code is the ‘law book for citizens’ – today including consumers – whereas particular rules for businesses are comprised in the commercial code, corporate law, and various other codifications.
However, both general private law, and commercial law are enforced by the same rules of civil procedure. The German Civil Code is of paramount importance for understanding German law as its concept and system has impressed the legal thinking of generations of German lawyers. Students will be acquainted with both its sources, and its general principles. In the course of the class students will learn to work with the German civil code, understand the underlying system, influences on the Civil Code from the European Union (EU), and the accepted methods of interpretation.
Montag (2-wöchentlich) | 09.09.2024 – 25.11.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | 016 Seminarraum; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
Mittwoch (wöchentlich) | 04.09.2024 – 16.10.2024 | 10:15 – 13:30 | 016 Seminarraum; A 3 Bibl.,Hörsaalgebäude |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 04.10.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 18.10.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 15.11.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 06.12.2024 | 13:45 – 18:45 | EO 150 AbsolventUM Hörsaal; Schloss Ehrenhof Ost |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 06.09.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 20.09.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 18.10.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 08.11.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 15.11.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 29.11.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 13.09.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 27.09.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 04.10.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 11.10.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 22.11.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |
Freitag (Einzeltermin) | 06.12.2024 | 08:30 – 11:45 | W 114 Seminarraum; Schloss Westflügel |