Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler

to the Chair of Professor Gerald Spindler

We are pleased to invite you to the new website of the Department of Civil Law, Commercial and Economic Law, Comparative Law, Multimedia- and Telecommunication Law.

On the following pages you find some information regarding the activities of the Department and its team. We concentrate in teaching and research on the following main topics:


  • German and European Corporate and Securities Law
  • Electronic Commerce with focus on economical questions (Contract and Liability Law, Telecommunication Regulation - Public Utilities)
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Private Law (conflict of laws), especially Contract Law and Tort Law, Corporate Law and Securities Law
  • Environmental Protection Law, i.e., Regulations on chemical Industry and Law Concerning Control of Major-Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances
  • Economic Analysis of Law, New Institutional Economics, e.g. Questions regarding the regulation and deregulation, Economics of the Network, new Contract Models (Franchising, Just-in-Time etc.)
    Mediation