Kommentar zur Zivilprozessordnung: Band 4

Volume 4 of the commentary is now available in a new edition. The Stein ZPO - indispensable for complex issues in academia and practice. The high academic quality of the work and the deep penetration of the subject matter made possible by its scope have been trademarks of this work for decades and are appreciated by users. On the basis of reforms that have come into force, the latest case law and current literature, the authors of this volume present a systematic preparation of the standards to be commented on.
What is new?
The changes introduced by the Act to Promote the Use of Video Conferencing Technology in Civil and Specialized Courts (BGBl. I 2024, No. 237) have been taken into account in the commentary.
The provision on electronic files (section 298a ZPO) takes into account the amendment by the Act on the Further Digitization of the Judiciary of 12.07.2024 (BGBl. I No. 234), as well as the electronic file management that has been mandatory since 1.1.2026.
In particular, the new Section 273a of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) on the confidentiality of business secrets, which was introduced by the Act to Strengthen the Judiciary (BGBl. 2024 I, No. 302) with effect from April 1, 2025, was commented on for the first time.
Section 305b ZPO, inserted by the Act Implementing the Conversion Directive (BGBl. 2023 I, No. 51) with effect from March 1, 2023, is also included in the new edition.
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Christoph Thole (Bearbeitet von)
is a university professor and, since 2016, director of the Institute for Procedural Law and Insolvency Law and the Institute for International and European Insolvency Law at the University of Cologne.
Christoph Althammer (Bearbeitet von)
is Professor of Civil Law, German, European and International Procedural Law, Private International Law, as well as Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of Regensburg.
Reinhard Bork (Herausgegeben von)
Born in 1956; Second State Examination in Law in 1982; doctorate in 1984; habilitation in 1988; appointment to the University of Bonn in 1989; 1990-2022 holder of the Chair of Civil Procedure and General Procedural Law at the University of Hamburg; Visiting Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands); Senior Research Fellow at the Commercial Law Centre, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford (UK).
Herbert Roth (Herausgegeben von)
lehrte von 1987 bis 2016 Zivilprozessrecht und Bürgerliches Recht an den Universitäten Heidelberg, Münster und Regensburg.
Stein (Von (Autor))
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert Stein (1859-1923): Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Breslau, Berlin und Tübingen; 1882 Promotion an der Universität Leipzig; 1887 Habilitation an der Universität Leipzig; 1890-1923 Professuren für Zivilrecht und Prozessrecht sowie Strafrecht und Prozessrecht an den Universitäten Halle und Leipzig; Bearbeiter des von Friedrich Ludwig Gaupp begründeten ZPO-Kommentars (4.-11. A.) sowie Autor mehrerer Monographien bei Mohr Siebeck, vormals J.C.B Mohr (Paul Siebeck).