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The construction contract places high demands on the applicable contract law. Sören Segger-Piening's study takes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to develop a doctrine of cooperation and modification where the construction contract is categorised as a structure that allows exchange and adjustment.

The contractual right to use another person's property is more than just a relative right, which in essence would limit it to the contracting parties. Rather, such an obligatory right does affect any third party because it constitutes an element of property rights and is derived from the property itself.

The new edition offers numerous innovations, including the distinction between media law and related areas of law, journalistic protection zones, the protection of press products, and current issues in commercial law. Digital services such as social networks and search engines are also examined in selected contexts.

The Festschrift brings together 33 articles on fundamental issues in commercial law. The articles focus on the main areas of the honoree's academic work and cover topics from the entire spectrum of national and international corporate and capital market law, as well as issues relating to group law, compliance, and corporate acquisitions.