Peter Bydlinski

Peter Bydlinski (born June 19, 1957 in Graz ) is an Austrian lawyer , full professor at the Institute for Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law of the Karl-Franzens University Graz and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

Life

He is one of five sons of the legal scholar Franz Bydlinski . After primary school in Bad Honnef am Rhein , Peter Bydlinski attended grammar school in Mödling from 1967 to 1975 . From October 1976 to June 1980 he studied law at the University of Vienna . In 1980 he obtained his master's degree; in the same year he received his doctorate. After completing his judicial practice , on October 1, 1980, he became a university assistant to Helmut Koziol at the Institute for Civil Law at the University of Vienna.

In March 1986, Bydlinski completed his habilitation with Peter Rummel at the University of Linz for civil law and in October 1991 also for commercial , corporate and securities law . From 1987 onwards he took on professorship and research stays at the universities of Graz, Munich, Hamburg and Passau.

On October 1, 1992, he was appointed professor for civil law in connection with commercial and company law as well as legal methodology at the law faculty of the University of Rostock . He was instrumental in building up the institute for banking and business law there; From its inception until its departure, he was its managing director. In the academic year 1997/98 he held the office of dean .

Since October 1, 1999, he has been a full professor at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz at the Institute for Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law, which he headed from 2005 to 2009. Peter Bydlinski is co-editor of the magazine Österreichisches Bank-Archiv and deputy head of the banking law forum of the Austrian Banking Society. In 2012 he was elected a corresponding member in Germany of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in the historical-philosophical class. In autumn 2015, he started a multi-year project to reform the ABGB, which primarily aims to modernize the language (more than 600 paragraphs have been processed so far).

His twin brother Michael Bydlinski was Professor of Civil Law at the University of Linz for five years and is Senate President of the Supreme Court. His brother Georg Bydlinski is a writer (primarily a children's book author) and his brother Martin Mini Bydlinski is known as a cabaret artist and actor.

Peter Bydlinski is married and has three children.

Awards

1983 1987 1992 Walther Kastner Prize
1987 Science Prize of the State of Lower Austria Promotion Prize
1987 Cardinal Innitzer Promotion Prize for Law and Political Science
1989 Leopold Kunschak Prize
1991 Heinrich Graf Hardegg Prize
2012 election to the corresponding member in Austria of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in the historical-philosophical class

Fonts

Peter Bydlinski has written around 370 publications to date. In addition to numerous essays, commentaries and books, he wrote many decision-making and some book reviews. Much of his work deals with banking law issues such as loan security law and questions of damages. In addition, he has prepared around 190 legal opinions on various topics of civil, commercial and company law. His most important publications include:

The transfer of design rights. Manz, Vienna 1986 (habilitation thesis, University of Linz, 1985/86).
with Ferdinand Kerschner : Cases and solutions on civil law for advanced users. Manz, Vienna 1986; 6th edition: Civil law for advanced users - cases and solutions: priorities & structures. Manz, Vienna 2015.
Sale and acquisition of GmbH shares: At the same time a contribution to the notarial act. Manz, Vienna 1991.
The guarantee in Austrian and German commercial, corporate and securities law. Springer, Vienna 1991 (habilitation thesis).
Basics of private law for training and business practice. Manz, Vienna 1991; 10th edition: Principles of private law for training and practice. Manz, Vienna 2017.
with Harm Peter Westermann : BGB, law of obligations, general part. 4th, completely revised edition. Müller, Heidelberg 1999; 8th, revised edition with Ralph Weber . CF Müller, Heidelberg 2013.
Civil law I general part. Springer, Vienna / New York 2000; 8th, revised edition. Verlag Österreich, Vienna 2018.
with Franz Bydlinski : Legal formal requirements for legal transactions to the test. Manz, Vienna 2001.
with Helmut Koziol and Raimund Bollenberger : Brief commentary on the ABGB. Springer, Vienna 2005; 5th edition. Publishing house Austria, Vienna 2017.
Forwarding law in the Munich Commentary on HGB Volume 7 (3rd edition 2014, soon 4th edition 2019)
Assumption of debt, majority of creditors and debtors (§§ 414 - 432 BGB) in the Munich Commentary on the BGB, Vol. 2 (7th edition 2016)
Continuation of the 1st edition by Franz Bydlinski : Fundamentals of legal methodology (3rd edition 2018)

Current research fields

Peter Bydlinski's current research fields primarily include:

Reform of the ABGB (including language and comprehensibility)
Consumer law
Right of monetary debt; Service disruption, especially warranty right
General terms and conditions law
Liability for incorrect investment advice
Banking law
Statute of limitations
Loan security law
Majorities of persons (especially joint and several debt)
Implementation of EU law
Methodology (including European aspects)
Freight Forwarding Law (D)

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personal data
SURNAME	Bydlinski, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian lawyer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graz