ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 4/2026

Issue 4 of 2026 of ZEuP – Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht is now available and includes contributions on EU private law, comparative law and legal history, legal unification, private international law, and individual European private law regimes. The full table of contents can be accessed here: https://rsw.beck.de/zeitschriften/zeup.

The following contributions might be of particular interest to the readers of this blog:

• Christian Kohler, Marlene Brosch, Roland Klages: Unionsrecht und Privatrecht: Zur Rechtsprechung des EuGH im Jahre 2025

The authors’ annual overview of CJEU private-law decisions highlights rulings on the effects of Union citizenship and on GDPR enforcement, as well as on effective consumer protection and Member States’ procedural autonomy. It also covers non-discrimination and market freedoms, air passenger rights, and trade mark and copyright law.

• Nina Benz: Glück im Unglück: Deliktische Qualifikation und Erfolgsort bei illegalen Online-Glücksspielen nach „Wunner“

This case note examines the CJEU’s judgment in Wunner [C-77/24] on cross-border claims for losses from illegal online gambling. It analyses the Court’s reasoning on whether such claims fall within the scope of Rome II, and where the damage occurs.

• Jan Opitz-Seitz: Die grenzüberschreitende Spaltung als Ausübungsform der Kapitalverkehrsfreiheit?

In Die grenzüberschreitende Spaltung als Ausübungsform der Kapitalverkehrsfreiheit?, Jan Opitz-Seitz focuses on the free movement of capital in the context of cross-border divisions, which to date has hardly been discussed. The article examines which division-related capital movements may qualify under this freedom, and whether it offers third-country companies protection comparable to the freedom of establishment.

• Andreas Spickhoff: Die unionsrechtliche Haftung wegen Verstoßes gegen den Datenschutz – ein Update

In the article Die unionsrechtliche Haftung wegen Verstoßes gegen den Datenschutz – ein Update, Andreas Spickhoff revisits data protection liability. He addresses some of the many questions raised by Article 82 GDPR and places the provision within national, European and international liability law.

• Brandon Clydesdale: David Hume (1711–1776): Anatomist of Law

Marking the 250th anniversary of Hume’s death, the article reappraises the role of law in his life through his views on natural law, civil law and common law, and highlights his contribution to the science of legislation in eighteenth-century Scotland.

For those interested in legal education, the editorial Legal Education for the Twenty-First Century by Birke Häcker investigates the challenges of training lawyers fit for the present and the future: from creating resilience in the face of current geopolitical developments to dealing with rapid technological advances in the field of AI and equipping students to navigate an increasingly interconnected legal world.