Reinhard Zimmermann

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Policy Options for Progress Towards a European Contract Law: Comments on the issues raised in the Green Paper from the Commission of 1 July 2010, COM (2010) 348 final

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 371-438, April 2011, DOI: 10.1628/003372511795316845, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 11/2
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 01 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2013
Jürgen Basedow, Gregor Christandl, Walter Doralt, Matteo Fornasier, Martin Illmer, Jens Kleinschmidt, Sebastian A.E. Martens, Hannes Rösler, Jan Peter Schmidt and Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (deceased), University of Graz, University of Graz (Austria), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Siegen, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Optional Instrument, Optional Regime, Common Frame of Reference, DCFR, European Contract Law, Policy Options, Toolbox, Blue Button, Harmonization & Contract Law, Internal Market, EU Competences in Private Law, Choice of Law, Rome I Regulation

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Auditor's Liability and its Impact on the European Financial Markets

Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 62-68, 2008
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 Nov 2008
Walter Doralt, Alexander Hellgardt, Alexander Hellgardt, Klaus J. Hopt, Patrick C. Leyens, Markus Roth and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Graz (Austria), Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public FinanceUniversity of Regensburg - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Bremen, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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auditor liability, liability cap, general meeting, auditor independence

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Auditor Independence at the Crossroads – Regulation and Incentives

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Comments on the European Commission Green Paper

Rivista delle Società, Vol. 56, pp. 485-493, 2011, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/24
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2015
Walter Doralt, Andreas Martin Fleckner, Klaus J. Hopt, Christoph Kumpan, Felix Steffek, Reinhard Zimmermann, Alexander Hellgardt, Alexander Hellgardt and Susanne Augenhofer
University of Graz (Austria), Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Bucerius Law School, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public FinanceUniversity of Regensburg - Faculty of Law and University of Innsbruck
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audit, independence, rotation, Big Four, market concentration, internationalization, legal harmonization, standardization

Auditor Independence at the Crossroads – Regulation and Incentives

European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 89-101, March 2012, DOI: 10.1017/S1566752912000043, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 12/1
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2015
Walter Doralt, Andreas Martin Fleckner, Klaus J. Hopt, Christoph Kumpan, Felix Steffek, Reinhard Zimmermann, Alexander Hellgardt, Alexander Hellgardt and Susanne Augenhofer
University of Graz (Austria), Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Bucerius Law School, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public FinanceUniversity of Regensburg - Faculty of Law and University of Innsbruck
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audit, independence, rotation, Big Four, market concentration, internationalization, legal harmonization, standardization

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Contract Formation and Mistake in European Contract Law - A Genetic Comparison of Transnational Model Rules

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2011
Nils Jansen and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Münster and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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agreement, contract, Draft Common Frame of Reference, formation of contract, incorrect information, intention to contract, juridical act, legal act, misrepresentation, mistake, offer and acceptance, Principles of European Contract Law, UNIDROIT PICC

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Codification – The Civilian Experience Reconsidered on the Eve of a Common European Sales Law

European Review of Contract Law (ERCL), Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 367-399, 2012, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 12/30
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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codification, Common European Sales Law, European civil code, harmonization of contract law, legal culture, legal scholarship, restatement

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Unworthiness to Inherit, Public Policy, Forfeiture: The Scottish Story

Tulane Law Review (Tul. L. Rev.), Vol. 87, No. 4., pp. 741-785, 2013, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 13/9
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2014
John MacLeod and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Glasgow and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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facility and circumvention, forfeiture, indignitas succedendi, law of succession, lesion, nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam condicionem facere potest, parricide, public policy, undue inluence, unworthiness to inherit

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Towards a Revision of the Consumer-Acquis

Common Market Law Review, 2011
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Horst Eidenmueller, Florian Faust, Hans Christoph Grigoleit, Nils Jansen, Gerhard Wagner and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Independent, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich - Faculty of Law, University of Münster, Humboldt University School of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Juristische Methodenlehre in Deutschland (Legal Methodology in Germany)

Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ), Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 241-287, 2019, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2019-0021, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 19/10
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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gaps in the law, judge-made law, judicial development of the law, legal doctrine, legal methodology, legal scholarship, statutory interpretation

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Roman Law and European Culture (Derecho Romano y Cultura Europea) (Spanish)

Revista de Derecho Privado, No. 18, pp. 5-34, 2010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Dec 2013
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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European private law, civilian tradition, Roman law, contemporary Roman law, legal culture, codifications, ius commune, reception of Roman law

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Limitation of Liability for Damages in European Contract Law

Edinburgh Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 193-224, 2014, DOI: 10.3366/elr.2014.0204, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 15/3
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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contract, contract law, damages, remoteness of damages, comparative law, European law

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The Significance of the Principles of European Contract Law

European Review of Private Law (ERPL), Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 487-496, September 2020, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 21/3
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Mar 2021
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Acquis commun, Acquis communautaire, Commentaries on European Contract Laws, Lando, Ole, Non-legislative codification, Principles of European Contract Law, Restatements, Textual layers, UNIDROIT

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The Compulsory Portion in German Law

Comparative Succession Law, Vol. III: Mandatory Family Protection, pp. 268-318, Kenneth GC Reid, Marius J de Waal, and Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2020, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 19/19
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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compulsory portion, constitutional guarantee, deprivation rules (compulsory portion), family protection (law of succession), freedom of testation, law of succession, waiver (compulsory portion)

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The Common Frame of Reference for European Private Law—Policy Choices and Codification Problems

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 659-708, 2008
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 15 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2019
Horst Eidenmueller, Florian Faust, Hans Christoph Grigoleit, Nils Jansen, Gerhard Wagner and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Independent, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich - Faculty of Law, University of Münster, Humboldt University School of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Common Frame of Reference; CFR; European Private Law; Principles of European Contract Law; PECL; Acquis Principles

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Presumptions of Survivorship or Simultaneous Death in Cases of 'Common Calamity': Scots Law Against the Background of European Legal Developments

Nothing So Practical as a Good Theory: Festschrift for George L.Gretton, pp. 338-364, Andrew J. M. Steven, Ross Gilbert Anderson, and John MacLeod, eds., Avizandum, 2017, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 18/4
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Reinhard Zimmermann and Jakob Gleim
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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commorientes, dying in quick succession, reception, Scots law, survivorship presumption

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Kulturelle Prägung des Erbrechts? (Does the Law of Succession Reflect Cultural Differences?)

JuristenZeitung (JZ), Vol. 71, No. 7, pp. 321-332, April 2016, DOI: 10.1628/002268816X14552004654669, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/17
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 May 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2016
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Erbrecht, Intestatsysteme, Kultur und Recht, Rechtsänderung, Rechtsrezeption, Testamentarische Formvorschriften

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Assessment of Damages: Three Specific Problems – The Draft Common European Sales Law in Context

Zwischenbilanz – Festschrift für Dagmar Coester-Waltjen zum 70. Geburtstag, pp. 921-936, Katharina Hilbig-Lugani, Dominique Jakob, Gerald Mäsch, Philipp Reuß, and Christoph Schmid, eds., Gieseking, 2015, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/12
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 May 2016
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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abstract and concrete assessment of damages, Common European Sales Law, currency, current price, damages, substitute transactions

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Interest for Delay in Payment of Money

English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law, Essays in Honour of Hugh Beale, pp. 319-349, Louise Gullifer and Stefan Vogenauer, eds., Hart Publishing, 2014, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 15/6
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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late payment, interest, delay of performance, damages, interest rates, unfair contract terms, consumer protection, capitalization of interest, anatocism

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Testamentsformen: »Willkür« oder Ausdruck einer Rechtskultur? (Testamentary Form Requirements: Arbitrary or Expression of a Legal Culture?)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 471-508, July 2012, DOI: 10.1628/003372512801786881, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 12/3
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2013
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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succession, law of, form requirements for wills, wills and will-making, law and culture, holograph wills, witnessed wills, notarial wills

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Privatrechtliche Kommentare im internationalen Vergleich: Verbreitung, Varianz, Verwandtschaft (Private Law Commentaries in Different Legal Systems: A Comparative Perspective)

Juristische Kommentare: Ein internationaler Vergleich, pp. 441-517, David Kästle-Lamparter, Nils Jansen, Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Mohr Siebeck, November 2020, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 20/16
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 17 Nov 2020
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Common law, École de l’exégèse, Europäisches Privatrecht, Juristische Enzyklopädien, Juristische Kommentare, Kodifikation, Rechtsliteratur, Restatement, Rezeption

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Die Verjährung – von den Principles of European Contract Law bis zum Entwurf eines Gemeinsamen Europäischen Kaufrechts: Textstufen transnationaler Modellregeln (Prescription: From the Principles of European Contract Law to the Draft Common European Sales Law. Textual Layers of the International Model Rules)

European Review of Private Law (ERPL), Vol. 24, No. 3 & 4, pp. 687-726, 2016, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/25
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2017
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Common European Sales Law, Extinctive prescription, Limitation of actions, Prescription, Principles of European Contract Law

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Wie es die anderen machen …: Charakteristika der Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung und ihrer „Kultur“ (As the others go about their business …: Characteristic Aspects of the Association of Teachers of Private Law and its “culture”)

Jubiläumsband zum einhundertjährigen Bestehen der Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer e.V., forthcoming, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 20/21
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Dec 2020
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Rudolf Dietz, Heinrich Lehmann, Leitlinien, Hans Carl Nipperdey, Perspektiven der Rechtswissenschaft, Sondertagungen, Staatsrechtslehrervereinigung, Zivilrecht, Zivilrechtslehrertagung, Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung, Zivilrechtswissenschaft

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Das Ehegattenerbrecht in historisch-vergleichender Perspektive (The Intestate Succession Rights of the Deceased's Spouse in Historical and Comparative Perspective)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 39-92, January 2016, DOI: 10.1628/003372516X14497453829601, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/8
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2016
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Ehegattenerbrecht, eheliches Güterrecht, Erbrecht, lntestaterbrecht, portio statutaria, Rudolf von Jhering, Voraus

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Pflichtteil und Noterbenrecht in historisch-vergleichender Perspektive (Compulsory Portion and Forced Heirship in Historical and Comparative Perspective)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 84, No. 3, pp. 465-547, July 2020, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2020-0052, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 20/9
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 22 Jul 2020
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Bedarfsabhängigkeit, Erbrecht, Erbrechtsreform, Flexibilisierung, Noterbenrecht, Pflichtteilsrecht, Réserve

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Das Verwandtenerbrecht in historisch-vergleichender Perspektive (The Intestate Succession Rights of the Deceased's Relatives in Historical and Comparative Perspective)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 768-821, October 2015, DOI: 10.1628/003372515X14373846830061, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 15/28
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2015
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Erbfolge, Verwandtenerbrecht, ius commune, Repräsentationslehre, Erbfolge nach Stämmen, Parentelsystem, Intestaterbrecht, fente successorale

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Text und Kontext – Einführung in das Symposium über die Entstehung von Gesetzen in rechtsvergleichender Perspektive (Text and Context – Introduction to the Symposium on the Process of Law Making in Comparative Perspective)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 315-328, April 2014; DOI: 10.1628/003372514X680335, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 14/7
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 May 2014
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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law making, legislation, legal scholarship, travaux préparatoires, statutory interpretation, understanding texts, text and context

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Zwingender Angehörigenschutz im Erbrecht – Entwicklungslinien jenseits der westeuropäischen Kodifikationen (Mandatory Family Protection in the Law of Succession – Beyond the Western European Codifications)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 1-75, January 2021, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2020-0092, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 21/1
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Angehörigenschutz, dependants’ relief legislation, Erbrecht, familiäre Solidarität, family provision, Noterbenrecht, Pflichtteil, Testierfreiheit, Unterhaltsansprüche

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Akademische Karrierewege für Juristen im Vergleich – Einführung in das Symposium (Career Paths into Legal Academia Compared – Introduction to the Symposium)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 264-267, April 2020, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2020-0031, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 20/3
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2021
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Akademische Karrierewege, Laufbahn, law school, Professor, Rechtskultur, United States

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„So jemand die Seinen, sonderlich seine Hausgenossen, nicht versorget, …“ – Zum Schutz der Angehörigen bei Enterbung (“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house …” – On the Protection of Relatives from Disinheritance)

Archiv für die civilistische Praxis (AcP), Vol. 222, No. 1, pp. 3-55, February 2022, DOI: 10.1628/acp-2022-0003, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 22/9
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Erbrecht, Familienversorgung, Pflichtteilsrecht, Testierfreiheit, Unterhaltsansprüche, passive Unvererblichkeit, Compulsory Portion, Family Protection, Family Provision, Forced Heirship, Freedom of Testation, Maintenance Claims, Succession Law

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Römisches Recht und Römische Kirche: Ein rechtshistorischer Streifzug (Roman Law and Roman Church. A Foray in the Field of Legal History)

Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Kanonistische Abteilung (ZRG KA), Vol. 105, No. 1, pp. 159-179, June 2019, DOI: 10.1515/zrgk-2019-0006, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 19/21
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2019
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Roman Law, Canon law, pacta sunt servanda, clausula rebus sic stantibus, wills, testamentary executors, Christ's share

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Wider die „verderbliche Einseitigkeit“ – Einführung in das Symposium (Against the 'Harmful One-sidedness' – Introduction to the Symposium)

Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ), Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 300-308, April 2013, DOI: 10.1628/003372513X665667, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 13/5
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2014
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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courts, judge, jurist, legal scholarship

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„Mehr Freiheit wagen“: Jürgen Basedow zum Abschied aus dem aktiven Dienst am Hamburger Max-Planck-Institut ("Risking More Freedom": Speech in Honour of Jürgen Basedow on the Occasion of His Farewell from Active Service)

»Mehr Freiheit wagen« – Beiträge zur Emeritierung von Jürgen Basedow, pp. 3-7, Anatol Dutta and Christian Heinze, eds., Mohr Siebeck, 2018, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 18/17
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Dec 2018
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Jürgen Basedow, Rechtsvergleichung, libertas, Freiheit wagen

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The Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law: Deficits of the Most Recent Textual Layer of European Contract Law

Edinburgh Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 301-357, September 2012, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 12/14
Posted: 04 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Horst Eidenmueller, Nils Jansen, Eva-Maria Kieninger, Gerhard Wagner and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Münster, University of Wuerzburg, Humboldt University School of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Common European Sales Law, European Contract Law, Harmonization of Laws, Regulatory Competition, Acquis Communautaire, Optional Instrument

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The Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law: Shortcomings of the Most Recent Textual Layer of European Contract Law

Juristenzeitung, pp. 269-289, 2012
Posted: 25 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2012
Horst Eidenmueller, Nils Jansen, Eva-Maria Kieninger, Gerhard Wagner and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Münster, University of Wuerzburg, Humboldt University School of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Common European Sales Law, European Contract Law, Harmonization of Laws, Regulatory Competition, Acquis Communautaire, Optional Instrument

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Vertragsschluss und Irrtum im europäischen Vertragsrecht: Textstufen transnationaler Modellregelungen (Contract Formation and Mistake in European Contract Law: A Genetic Comparison of Transnational Model Rules)

Archiv für die civilistische Praxis (AcP), Vol. 210, No. 2, pp. 196-250, April 2010, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/13
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann and Nils Jansen
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Münster

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agreement, contract, Draft Common Frame of Reference, formation of contract, incorrect information, intention to contract, juridical act, legal act, misrepresentation, mistake, offer and acceptance, Principles of European Contract Law, UNIDROIT PICC

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Perspektiven des künftigen österreichischen und europäischen Zivilrechts – Zum Verordnungsvorschlag über ein Gemeinsames Europäisches Kaufrecht (Perspectives of the Future Austrian and European Private Law – On the Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law)

Juristische Blätter (JBl), Vol. 134, No. 1, pp. 2-22, January 2012, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 11/18
Posted: 07 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2012
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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acquis communautaire, Austrian Civil Code, CISG, codification, Common European Sales Law, consumer contract law, Europeanization of private law, optional instrument, principles of European Contract Law

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Challenges for the European Law Institute

Edinburgh Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 5-23, January 2012, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 11/16
Posted: 25 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2013
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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European Law Institute, American Law Institute, law and language, legal tradition, European Jurists' Forum

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Testamentary Formalities in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Comparative Succession Law, Vol. 1: Testamentary Formalities, pp. 432-471, Kenneth G.C. Reid, Marius J. de Waal and Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 11/15
Posted: 25 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann, Kenneth Reid and Marius J De Waal
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Edinburgh - School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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succession, law of wills, will-making, holograph wills, public wills, emergency wills, witnessed wills, witnesses, signature, form requirements, international will, formalism, flight from formalities

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Europäisches Privatrecht – Irrungen, Wirrungen (European Private Law – Delusions, Confusions)

Begegnungen im Recht: Ringvorlesung der Bucerius Law School zu Ehren von Karsten Schmidt anlässlich seines 70. Geburtstags, pp. 321-350, Mohr Siebeck, 2011, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 11/3
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2013
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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European contract law, Draft Common Frame of Reference, Principles of European Law, Expert Group, consumer contract law, revision of the acquis, green paper on policy options

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'Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam condicionem facere potest': Kränkungen der Testierfreiheit des Erblassers – englisches im Vergleich zum kontinentaleuropäischen Recht ('Nemo ex Suo Delicto Meliorem Suam Condicionem Facere Potest': Infringement of a Testator's Freedom of Testation on the Part of the Heir – The English and Continental Approaches Compared)

Festschrift für Klaus J. Hopt zum 70. Geburtstag am 24. August 2010, Unternehmen, Markt und Verantwortung, pp. 269-302, Stefan Grundmann et al., eds., De Gruyter, 2010, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/19
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam condicionem facere potest, unworthiness to inherit, indigenitas succedendi, law of succession, forfeiture rule, undue influence (wills)

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Roman Law and the Harmonisation of Private Law in Europe

Towards a European Civil Code, 4th ed., pp. 27-53, Arthur Hartkamp et al., eds., Kluwer Law International, 2011, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/20
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Roman law, European private law, ius commune, legal scholarship, usus modernus, canon law, pacta sunt servanda, English law, reception, ecclesiastical courts

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Testamentary Formalities in Germany

Comparative Succession Law, Vol. 1: Testamentary Formalities, pp. 175-220, Kenneth G.C. Reid, Marius J. de Waal, and Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/21
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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succession, law of; wills, form requirements, holograph wills, notarial wills, emergency wills, formalism, signature, will-making

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§§ 701-704 Einbringung von Sachen bei Gastwirten (The History of Innkeepers' Liability in Germany)

Historisch-kritischer Kommentar zum BGB, Vol. III: Schuldrecht. Besonderer Teil: §§ 433–853, Joachim Rückert, Mathias Schmoeckel and Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Forthcoming, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/22
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Innkeepers' liability, receptum nautarum cauponum stabulariorum, culpa levissima, vis maior, force majeure, custodia, transportation law, standard terms of business, no-fault liability, items, fault, usus modernus.

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„Wissenschaftliches Recht“ am Beispiel (vor allem) des europäischen Vertragsrechts ('Academic Law' Particularly in the Field of European Contract Law)

Privates Recht, pp. 21-48, Christian Bumke and Anne Röthel, eds., Mohr Siebeck, 2012, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/23
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2013
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Model rules, Principles of European Contract Law, UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, DCFR, soft law instruments, Acquis Principles.

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'A European Civil Code in All But Name': Discussing the Nature and Purposes of the Draft Common Frame of Reference

Cambridge Law Journal (CLJ), Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 98-112, March 2010, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/3
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann and Nils Jansen
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Münster

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codification, Draft Common Frame of Reference, European legal scholarship, patrimonial law, Principles of European Contract Law, restatement, system

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„De bloedige hand en neemt geen erffenis“ – Erbunwürdigkeit aufgrund Tötung des Erblassers: Römisches und römisch-holländisches Recht ('De bloedige hand en neemt geen erffenis' – Unworthiness to Inherit as a Result of Killing the Testator: Roman and Roman-Dutch Law)

Festschrift für Rolf Knütel zum 70. Geburtstag, pp. 1469-1491, Holger Altmeppen et al., eds., C. F. Müller, 2009, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/4
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2013
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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de bloedige hand en neemt geen erffenis, indignitas succedendi, Roman law, Roman-Dutch law, South African law, succession law, unworthiness to inherit

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Erbunwürdigkeit: Die Entwicklung eines Rechtsinstituts im Spiegel europäischer Kodifikationen (Unworthiness to Inherit: The Development of a Legal Rule in the Mirror of European Codifications)

Festschrift für Helmut Koziol zum 70. Geburtstag, pp. 463-511, Peter Apathy, ed., Jan Sramek Verlag, 2010, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/5
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Avoidance of Wills, Codification, Freedom of Testation, Indignitas Succedendi, Ius Commune, Law of Succession, Legitimate Portion, Unworthiness to Inherit, Willsto Inherit, Wills

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Die Auslegung von Verträgen: Textstufen transnationaler Modellregelungen (Interpretation of Contracts: A Genetic Comparison of Transnational Model Rules)

Festschrift für Eduard Picker zum 70. Geburtstag, pp. 1353-1373, Thomas Lobinger, ed., Mohr Siebeck, 2010, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/6
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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contra proferentem rule, implied terms, intention of the parties to a contract, interpretation of contracts, linguistic discrepancies, parol evidence rule, plain meaning rule, preference to negotiated terms, standard contract terms, supplementary interpretation, supplying an omitted term

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Verjährung: Grundgedanken und Besonderheiten bei Ansprüchen auf Schadensersatz (Prescription: General Framework and Special Problems Concerning Damages Claims)

Tradition mit Weitsicht, Festschrift für Eugen Bucher zum 80. Geburtstag, pp. 861-926, Wolfgang Wiegand, Thomas Koller and Hans Peter Walter, eds., Schulthess Verlag, 2009, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/7
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann and Jens Kleinschmidt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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asbestos related diseases, commencement of prescription, concept of unitary damage, damages claims, discoverability, latent damages, limitation of actions, long-stop, occurrence of damage, personal injury claims, prescription, sexual abuse, suspension of prescription

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Rights of Personality in Scots Law: Issues and Options

Rights of Personality in Scots Law, A Comparative Perspective, pp. 1 - 29, Niall R. Whitty, Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Dundee University Press, 2009, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/8
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann and Niall R. Whitty
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Edinburgh

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actio iniuriarum, breach of confidence, defamation, European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Act, Iniuria, ius commune, passing off, personality rights, privacy, right of personality, right of publicity, right to privacy, Scots private law

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Textstufen in der modernen Entwicklung des europäischen Privatrechts (The Development of European Private Law by Way of Model Rules)

European Journal of Business Law (EuZW), Vol. 20, No. 10, pp. 319-323, 2009, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/9
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Acquis Principles, consumer contract law, Consumer Rights Directive, Draft Common Frame of Reference, European Civil Code, optional instrument, Principles of European Contract Law, set-off, UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

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The Present State of European Private Law

American Journal of Comparative Law (AJCL), Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 479-512, Spring 2009, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/10
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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acquis communautaire, Acquis Principles, Common Frame of Reference, consumer contract law, Consumer Rights Directive, contract law, sales contract, European Civil Code, succession law, negotiorum gestio, service contracts, unjustified enrichment, unworthiness to inherit

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The Unauthorized Agent: Where Do We Stand Today? An Introduction to the Symposium

European Review of Private Law (ERPL), Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 961-966, 2009, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/11
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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agency, Draft Common Frame of Reference, falsus procurator, Principles of European Contract Law, unauthorized agent, UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

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Die Rückabwicklung nach Widerruf von Verbraucherverträgen (Unwinding of Consumer Contracts following the Exercise of a Right to Withdraw)

Juristische Blätter (JBl), Vol. 132, No. 4, pp. 205-216, April 2010, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/12
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Reinhard Zimmermann
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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acquis communautaire, benefits, compensation for improvements, costs of restitution, Distance Contracts Directive, Doorstep Selling Directive, improvements, restitution, right of withdrawal, termination of contract, Timeshare Directive, UNIDROIT PICC, unwinding of failed contracts