Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des internationalen Privatrechts – IPRspr
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des internationalen Privatrechts [German Court Rulings in Private International Law], abbreviated “IPRspr”, is a collection of German court decisions on private international law and international civil procedure in publication since 1926. In 2020, work began on converting from hardcopy book format to a freely accessible online database.
Aims and scope
Since it was founded in 1926, the Institute has been publishing IPRspr with the aim of completely and systematically documenting the German case law on private international law and international civil procedure, including matters of foreign law. The new database provides both simpler, more up-to-date access to the decisions as well as a variety of search options and research tools. Decisions dating back through 2004 are now available electronically, and new ones will be added continually soon after they come out.
Institutional framework
From 1964 to 2004, IPRspr was under the supervision of Jan Kropholler, who was succeeded by Rainer Kulms in 2005. Jan Peter Schmidt took over responsibility for this Institute series in 2022.
A team of several editors handles the selection and preparation of all decisions. Lea-Christin Gläser is currently responsible for identifying relevant decisions among the cases reported in law journals. Scholarly preparation of the cases, in particular their classification and the drafting and editing of headnotes, is provided by Judith Onwuagbaizu. Sabine Giemsch handles content and information management.
Information for readers
The work of identifying, collecting, and editing relevant decisions is done at the Institute. The IPRspr editorial team is happy to receive information about recent decisions, especially unpublished ones, for inclusion in the database (iprspr@mpipriv.de).
The print edition of IPRspr will be discontinued. After nearly 100 years, the volume published in 2022 containing the decisions from 2019 will be the final hardcopy edition. Users can still consult earlier published volumes in the usual libraries and can purchase them from publisher Mohr Siebeck.