News

On November 20, 2023, the new Jusletter was published, which features an article from Prof. Atamer, Prof. Eggen and Dr. Hug on the Federal Council's report on the modernization of Swiss warranty law in the sale of movable property from June 2023.

‘Switzerland’, in: Danny Busch & Matthias Lehmann (Hrsg.), Unfair Terms in Banking and Financial Contracts, Oxford University Press, 2023 (in print).

The SECOLA book "European Sales Law", edited by Prof. Grundmann (Berlin)  and Prof. Atamer has been published and can be ordered now. 

The 4th edition of the "Handkommentar zum Schweizer Privatrecht" will be published in October 2023. The commentary was edited with the participation of Prof. Atamer, more information can be found here. 

As part of the 'Vortragsreihe am Mittag' at the EIZ, Prof. Atamer will give a speech on the control of terms and conditions. The event will be hosted in German. Informations about the regstration can be found on the Flyer and on the webpage.

The 21th Biennial Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law focuses on Global Value Chains and Other Current Issues in Commercial and Consumer Law. It will be held at Bar Ilan University, Israel, July 9-12, 2023, see program.

The UNCITRAL Colloquium on Climate Change and the Law of International Trade will be held in Boardroom D of the Vienna International Centre, on 12-13 July 2023, as part of the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). More information can be found in the programme.

The 18th IACL Conference will take place on 19-21 July 2023 in Hamburg. More information about the program and registration can be found in the flyer.

On 24 May 2023, the European Law Institute approved a Feedback on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Common Rules Promoting the Repair of Goods (COM(2023) 155 final) written by Prof. Yeşim Atamer, Prof. Susanne Augenhofer, Dr. Katarzyna Południak Gierz and with participation of Rebecca Küter . 

CISG Confernce preceding the 30th Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot on Friday 31st March in Vienna: CISG - 40(+3) years and still going strong? 

Conference of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld on "Handel im Wandel: Vertrieb und Vertrag an der Schwelle zur Dienstleistungswirtschaft".

On the 26th January the Europa Institute of the University of Zurich holds a Seminar on the topic of "Das Schweizerische Recht im transnationalen Föderalismus". You can find more information and the registration here. 

(With Patrick Gerber) Ethische Produktionsprozesse als Merkmal der Mangelfreiheit der Kaufsache?

Nachhaltigkeit und die Rolle des Kaufrechts: Eine rechtsvergleichende Übersicht zu den Regulierungsmöglichkeiten

The Lecture can be streamed here: https://tube.switch.ch/videos/bAWP739NHn

Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA) Conference, European Sales Law in the 21^st Century

Conference on Unfair Terms in Banking and Financial Contracts - Vienna 14 - 15 October 2021

(Mit Florian Willi) Der schweizerische CSR Regulierungsansatz im Kontext neuester Entwicklungen in Europa, in: Le droits sans frontières - Recht ohne Grenzen - Law without Borders, Mélanges pour Franz Werro, Stämpfli Editions, 2022, S. 41-54.

Algorithmic Market Activity

Online workshop series in cooperation with swiss competition authority (WEKO) and ASCOLA Switzerland

(Mit Jan Küng) Haftungsbegrenzung bei kaufvertraglicher Sachgewährleistung, Wie viel Freiheit braucht es?

Annual MAA International Commercial Law & Arbitration Conference 22 - 26 March 2021

Stellungnahme betr. die Vernehmlassung zum Verordnungsentwurf über Sorgfaltspflichten und Transparenz in den Bereichen Mineralien und Metalle aus Konfliktgebieten und Kinderarbeit

Replacement of non-conforming goods "free of charge" – Is there a need to differentiate between B2B and B2C sales contracts?

(Mit Florian Willi) CSR-Berichterstattung Ante Portas: Indirekter Gegenvorschlag zur Konzernverantwortungsinitiative

(Mit Florian Willi) Konzernverantwortungsinitiative: Was ändert sich bei einem JA?