Prof. Dr. Johanna Schmidt-Räntsch
retired Justice at the Federal Court of Justice, Honorary professor at
Humboldt University in Berlin, Auditor at the Independent Control Council
Winter
semester 2025/2026
Lecture on law
of performance failure
Course
catalogue no. 10815
Moodle Course:
Registration code: JSR
In the current winter semester 2025/2026, I will be
giving an advanced lecture on the law of performance failure. The lecture
covers the part of the law of obligations that is traditionally most relevant
in exams. It takes place on Mondays from 12:00 to 14:00 in room BE 2, 139A.
I will make the lecture materials available for
download on this website and in the Moodle course for private study purposes.
They will remain there until the start of the winter semester 2026-27.
Teaching and learning books
Christoph
Hirsch, Schuldrecht, Allgemeiner Teil (Law of Obligations, General Part), 11th
edition 2018, ISBN 978-3-8487-4709-2, €15.90,
Dieter
Medicus/Jens Petersen, Bürgerliches Recht (Civil
Law), 30th edition 2025, ISBN 978-3-8006-7715-3, €26.90,
Dieter
Medicus/Stephan Lorenz, Law of Obligations I, General Part, 22nd edition 2021,
ISBN 978-3-406-71544-0, €27.90,
Volker
Emmerich, The
Law of Performance Disruptions, 6th edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-406-53044-9,
£22.50,
Dirk Looschelders, Law
of Obligations General Part, 23rd edition 2025, ISBN 978-3-8006-7370-4, £29.80.
Lecture notes
The lecture is structured around case studies. The cases
I had planned for the individual lectures will remain here until the start of
the 2026/27 winter semester. The same applies to the follow-up materials. Most
of the judgements and essays cited in the materials can be downloaded from the Case
law references page, but only for your private study.
Lecture on 13 October 2025 Cancelled:
Dies academicus
Lecture
on 20 October 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 20 October 2025 Follow-up
Lecture
on 27 October 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 27 October 2025 Follow-up
Lecture
on 3 November 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 3 November 2025 Follow-up
Lecture
on 10 November 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 10 November 2025 Follow-up
Lecture
on 17 November 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 24 November 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 24 November 2025 Follow-up
Lecture
on 1 December 2025 Preparation
Lecture
on 1 December 2025 Follow-up
Lecture on 8 December 2025 Cancelled
due to illness.
Lecture
on 15 December 2025 Preparation
Lecture on 22 December 2025 Cancelled,
Christmas holidays
Lecture on 29 December 2025 Cancelled,
Christmas holidays
Lecture on 5 January 2026
Lecture on 12 January 2026
Lecture on 19 January 2026
Lecture on 26 January 2026
Lecture on 4 February 2026
Lecture on 11 February 2026
Study papers
You cannot write a study paper on the topic of this
lecture. However, you have the opportunity to write a study paper on sales law (with
a focus on breaches of contract) during the winter semester break in
anticipation of my lecture on sales law in the summer semester 2026.
The topics will be announced on Monday, 2 March 2026.
The projects are to be submitted on Monday, 13 April 2026.
The information provided by the examination office applies to the
student research project. I have some additional tips at the following link:
Please send any questions or queries by email to: Johanna@Schmidt-Raentsch.eu.
Thank you very much.
Yours sincerely, Johanna Schmidt-Räntsch
Berlin 5th December 2025