Linda Rauter Prize
The Linda Rauter Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements by young lawyers in the context of their diploma thesis. At the same time, the prize is intended as an incentive for top performance.
In terms of content, a prerequisite for this award is an excellent performance in the diploma thesis with a comparative law focus in private law, European law or international law. In addition to civil law, private law also includes work in corporate and procedural law as well as competition law. In addition, work in international law, European law and criminal law can also be awarded, provided that the focus is on comparative law or European law. The prize is generously supported by the lawyers Dr. Thomas Romauch, Dr. Elke Romauch, MA and Dr. Günter Romauch as well as Kaan Cronenberger & Partner Rechtsanwälte
Tender conditions
The Linda Rauter Prize is awarded for special achievements by students in the context of their diploma thesis. The decision to award the prize is based on the assessment of the thesis. A prerequisite is that the content of the thesis focuses on comparative private law or European private law. All areas of private law, including corporate law, procedural law and competition law, can be considered for the prize. Work in European law or international law can also be awarded, provided that the focus is on comparative law or European law.
The awarding of the prize is decided by a jury chaired by Prof. Dr. Walter Doralt, further members of the jury are currently Prof. Dr. Erika De Wet, LL.M. (Harvard), Prof. Dr. Paul Doralt and Prof. Dr. Paul Schumacher., Prof. MMag. Dr. Paul Gragl, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Garber, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Viktoria Robertson, MJur (Oxon), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Schütz, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Wendland, LL.M. (Harvard).
The final decision on the awarding of the prize is made on the basis of well-founded proposals from the jury members or other professors at the University of Graz. Proposals can be made for subject-related work supervised by them. Self-application is also permitted (applications should be sent to: walter.doralt(at)uni-graz.at), stating why the work represents a special achievement and is worthy of an award. The expert opinion must be submitted with the application. The deadline for applications is April 1 of the current year.
The thesis must have been submitted in the current or previous academic year and the expert opinion must already be available.
Prize money totaling 3,000 euros is provided, which can be divided between several works. The jury reserves the right not to award a prize or to award only part of the prize money, depending on the assessment of the submitted work.
Legal recourse is excluded.
Gila Stefanie Koch, The civil law position of the non-marital partner in the event of death in Austria, Germany and France
Fabian Winkler, The determination of a dominant position in digital markets according to § 28a KartG in the European context
Anna Zeller, The Independence of the Energy Regulatory Authority in the Context of Tariff Setting
Lea Marie Sophie Zieger, The formation process of the flexible corporation in a legal comparison
Award ceremony 2022
In 2022, six outstanding young lawyers were honored for their theses:
Wolfgang Braza, Art. 7 No. 2 Brussels I Regulation - Place of success in the event of pure financial loss
Antonia Erhart, Term limitation of tenancy agreements in residential leases
Franziska Guggi, Abuse of market power in the funeral sector: An analysis against the background of the essential facilities doctrine
Anna Lena Hörzer, A critical appraisal of the International Criminal Court's decisions in the case of The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir
Felix Reinhard Hohenberg, Interim relief in European civil procedure law illustrated by the example of the Brussels IIb Regulation
Anna Roschitz, The protection of minor heirs - Austria and Germany in legal comparison
The Linda Rauter Prize 2021 was very generously supported by the law firms Kaan Cronenberg & Partner and Dr. Thomas Romauch & Dr. Elke Romauch.
Award ceremony 2021
Six outstanding theses by young lawyers were honored this year:
Mag.a Klara Kastner, Data-Related assessment of non-horizontal mergers in the digital sphere - a view from EU Merger Control
Mag. Stefan Heiss, Towards an EU-autonomous concept of res judicata in the scope of application of the Brussels Ia Regulation - On the ECJ's decision in the Gothaer Allgemeine case and the consequences
Caroline Hribar, Creditor contestation in the event of waiver and renunciation of inheritance - a comparison of Austria, Germany and France
Tobias Weidinger, Mandatory labeling of advertising content in digital communication media to protect consumers - a comparative analysis of the case law on "influencer marketing" in Austria and Germany
Bernhard Sommer, The legal status of group coordinators under the European Insolvency Regulation 2015 compared to that of individual administrators
Elisabeth Painsi, Civil environmental liability for "ecological damage" - France and Austria in legal comparison
The Linda Rauter Prize 2021 was very generously supported by the law firms Kaan Cronenberg & Partner and Dr. Thomas Romauch & Dr. Elke Romauch.
