What Commercial and Company Law covers
Commercial law is the special private law for merchants: who counts as a merchant, the commercial register, statutory commercial agency (Prokura) and commercial sales. Company law covers partnerships and the GmbH, their representation and the liability of members.
In Lexxington, Commercial & company law is part of civil law. The course follows the material the exam regulations set for the compulsory subjects and is split into lessons that build on each other.
Lessons in the course
The German course uses German titles; here they are as they appear in the app.
- Kaufmannsbegriff und Handelsregister
- Firma, Prokura, Handlungsvollmacht
- Handelsgeschäfte und Handelskauf
- Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts
- OHG und KG
- GmbH im Überblick
- Aktiengesellschaft im Überblick
- Haftung bei Firmenfortführung und Gesellschafterwechsel
- GmbH: Kapitalaufbringung und Kapitalerhaltung
Typical exam issues
These issues come up again and again in practice and exam papers. You should spot them while reading the facts and know where they belong in your analysis.
- Public reliance on the commercial register (§ 15 HGB)
- Scope of Prokura (§§ 49, 50 HGB)
- Duty to inspect and give notice of defects (§ 377 HGB)
- Partner liability in a general partnership
- Legal capacity of the civil-law partnership (GbR)
Knowing an issue is not enough. In the exam you must find it in unfamiliar facts, cite the provision and set out the competing views briefly. That is exactly what Lexxington’s cases practise.
Common mistakes
- Spending pages on uncontroversial points and running out of time for the real issue.
- Citing the provision without applying it to the facts.
- Setting out a dispute between views when all of them reach the same result.
- Abandoning the structure because one issue jumps out early.
How Lexxington trains Commercial & company law
Understand first: lessons
Each lesson explains one section in short paragraphs. A scale shows exam relevance, a colour gradient shows difficulty. Each part sits behind a card: say it yourself, then reveal, so you know right away what has stuck.
Then apply: cases with statements
A case is a short set of facts with several statements. You decide for each whether it is right, then see the reasoning and the provision. This is retrieval practice: Roediger and Karpicke (2006) showed that testing improves retention far more than rereading.
Keep it: flashcards
Definitions and key rules come as flashcards. The app schedules reviews at growing intervals, right when you begin to forget. Cepeda and colleagues (2006) reviewed hundreds of studies: spaced practice beats massed practice.
Get exam-ready: schemes and timed exams
Exam schemes give you the structure. In the exam simulation you write against the clock and get graded on the 0 to 18 point scale. Lexxi, the AI owl, explains every provision and asks back when you are unsure.
Commercial & company law in numbers
- interactive cases
- 136
- practice questions
- 42
- flashcards
- 18
- lessons
- 9
Commercial & company law cases do not only appear in subject practice. In the daily session the app mixes them with due and weak questions from other subjects. Whatever you get wrong goes into the error log, and “Weak topics” lets you practise it again on purpose.
Counted from the current course. We keep adding content.
Three cases from the course
This is what fact patterns look like in the app (in German, as in the course). Each comes with several statements to assess.
Gesamtprokura
Die Z-OHG hat Gesamtprokura an die zwei Prokuristen A und B erteilt, eingetragen im Handelsregister. A bestellt allein bei Lieferant L Waren im Wert von 20.000 Euro. L wusste von der Gesamtprokura nichts.
Der Verkaufsleiter ohne Vertretungsmacht
B und C sind Gesellschafter der B&C-OHG. Im Gesellschaftsvertrag steht, dass C von der Vertretung ausgeschlossen ist. C schließt dennoch im Namen der OHG einen Vertrag mit L über den Kauf von Maschinen. Der Ausschluss ist im Handelsregister eingetragen.
Die Sorgfalt des Geschäftsführers
Geschäftsführer G der B-GmbH investiert ohne Marktanalyse 500.000 Euro in ein riskantes Projekt, das scheitert. Die Gesellschafter verlangen Schadensersatz.
When it comes up in your degree
Commercial & company law is usually from the fourth semester. It stays examinable until the state exam, so it pays not to drop it after the semester exam. Lexxington keeps it fresh with short reviews while you move on to new subjects.
Mixed practice helps. When tasks from different subjects alternate, you learn to recognise the right issue instead of repeating the method from the last chapter. Research calls this interleaving. More on the science
More in the guides: Solving cases step by step · Preparing for the state exam
Frequently asked questions
How many Commercial & company law cases does Lexxington have?
Currently 136 interactive cases in the core course. Each case has several statements you mark true or false, each with reasoning and the relevant provision.
When do German students take Commercial & company law?
It is usually from the fourth semester. Your university’s study regulations set the exact order. In Lexxington’s semester plan you pick your semester and the lessons are arranged to match.
Is the app enough for the exam?
Lexxington does not replace lectures or textbooks. It makes sure you can recall what you learned and apply it to cases. Use it daily alongside your lectures and reading.
What does it cost?
Every subject is part of the Germany subscription: 7 days free, then €6.99 a month. Subjects are not sold separately.