Written paper

 Overview

At the Chair of Prof. Loacker, you can write your dissertation during your studies and depending on the semester offered.

Dissertation projects require a prior individual agreement with the chair holder (see below).

Bitte beachten Sie, dass für schriftliche Arbeiten diein der geltenden Fassung zur Anwendung gelangt. Please note that the current version of the Framework Ordinance applies to written theses.

The subject of the case work is the contractual law of frustration of contract and/or the non-contractual law of damages. The successful completion of the lectures OR I and Liability Law is a prerequisite. If, depending on the case, aspects are to be dealt with that are the subject of the lecture OR II, the independent acquisition of the relevant knowledge is expected.

Enrolment will be communicated via the student portal .

At this point, online access to the facts of the case to be processed and to further information will be activated. Case processing is handled completely and exclusively via OLAT. You will be automatically added to the OLAT course after the cancellation deadline.

Submission is only possible electronically (as a PDF) via OLAT and is not possible outside this time window. Failure to submit within the deadline will result in a negative grade.

Please also note the Faculty's general information on case work and deadlines.

The following guidelines apply to the length of a case - excluding the cover sheet, lists and declaration of independence:

• Maximum 24,000 characters (corresponds to approx. 12 pages of text).
• The maximum number of characters is to be understood with spaces; footnotes do not count towards the maximum length.

If our chair organises proseminars, you will find the relevant information in the  course catalogue.

For a proseminar paper of 3 ECTS, the following specifications apply - excluding cover sheet, lists and declaration of independence:

• Maximum 30,000 characters (equivalent to approx. 15 pages of text)
• The maximum number of characters is to be understood with spaces; footnotes do not count towards the maximum length.

In principle, Prof Loacker only supervises Bachelor theses as part of a seminar. Exceptions can be made in individual cases in the area of technology law.

For a Bachelor's thesis of 6 ECTS, the following specifications apply - excluding cover sheet, lists and declaration of independence:

• Maximum 40,000 characters (corresponds to approx. 20 pages of text)
• The maximum number of characters is to be understood with spaces; footnotes do not count towards the maximum length.

In principle, Prof Loacker only supervises Master's theses as part of a seminar. Exceptions may be made in individual cases in the field of technology law.

For a Master's thesis of 12 ECTS, the following specifications apply - excluding cover sheet, lists and declaration of independence:

• Generally 60,000 characters (equivalent to approx. 30 pages of text)
• The maximum number of characters is to be understood with spaces; footnotes do not count towards the maximum length.

The conclusion of a Master's thesis agreement (available from the chair) requires the following information in particular:

• Matriculation number
• Semester number

• Title of the thesis

Further information on writing a Master's thesis at the Chair of Prof. Loacker can be found in our citation guidelines, which you will receive in the preliminary discussion for the respective seminar.

Supervision of a dissertation project is possible in the following specialist areas:

• Code of Obligations, in particular contract, liability and consumer law
• European private law
• CISG/PICC/PEICL/PRICL
• Private international law and civil procedure law
• Comparative private law
• Technology law

An application for supervision, which should be sent directly to the chair holder by e-mail, must be accompanied by the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae
• Complete academic record/certificates
• PDF version of the Master's thesis
• if a concrete project draft already exists: Working title and brief description (max. four pages)
   otherwise: restriction to one of the above subjects and rough localisation of the desired topic
• if available: References

The administrative and formal requirements to be met by applicants can be found here.

The corresponding clarifications at the documentation centre for Swiss legal dissertations in Fribourg must be carried out independently.

A list of the documents to be submitted for the completion of the doctorate can be found  here.