The 2009 revision comprehensively addresses current questions on settlement contracts (§ 779) relevant to practice. The particularly complicated questions that arise with the issuance of an abstract promise to fulfill an obligation (§§ 780-782), for example with a credit secured by a right in land or banking transactions, are approached in a solution-oriented manner. The often broad-minded court interpretations are also critically analyzed.

Professor Dr. Peter Marburger, Trier