Prof. Dr. iur. Yannick Minnig

Monographs:

• The Structure of the Mortgage – Right in Rem, Right of Realisation, Accessory Right, Habilitation thesis, Bern 2026, ASR Volume 847
• Family Law, 2nd edition, Basel 2025 (co-authored with Stephan Wolf)
• Family Law, Basel 2021 (co-authored with Stephan Wolf)
• Fundamental Issues in Multiple Obligatory Transactions: Double Sale – Double Let – Double Employment Relationship, doctoral thesis at the University of Bern 2017, ASR Volume 828 (awarded the Prof. Walther Hug Prize)

Commentaries:

• Commentary on Articles 602–619 of the Swiss Civil Code and Articles 634–640 of the Swiss Civil Code, in: Thomas Geiser/Stephan Wolf (eds.), Basler Kommentar, Civil Code II, Articles 457–977 of the Swiss Civil Code and Articles 1–61 of the Introductory Provisions to the Swiss Civil Code, 7th edition (revised commentary)
• Commentary on Articles 522–536 of the Swiss Civil Code and Articles 598–601 of the Swiss Civil Code, in: Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz/Stephan Wolf/Marc Amstutz/Roland Fankhauser (eds.), Commentary on the Swiss Civil Code, 4th edition, Zurich 2021
• Commentary on Articles 522–536 of the Swiss Civil Code, in: Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz/Stephan Wolf/Marc Amstutz/Roland Fankhauser, Commentary on the Swiss Civil Code, 3rd edition, Zurich 2016
• Commentary on Articles 522–536 of the Swiss Civil Code and Articles 598–601 of the Swiss Civil Code, in: Stephan Wolf/Roland Fankhauser (eds.), Commentary on the Swiss Civil Code, 5th edition, Zurich 2026

Essays and articles in anthologies:

• On the passive inheritable nature of post-marital maintenance claims, in: Mirjam Eggen/Susan Emmenegger/Stephanie Hrubesch-Millauer/Frédéric Krauskopf (eds.), Mit Fug und Recht, Festschrift for Stephan Wolf, Bern 2026, pp. 505 ff.
• Consequences and ancillary effects of divorce, in: Stephan Wolf/Simon Laimer/Yannick Minnig (eds.), Divorce Law in Italy and Switzerland, Comparative Legal Considerations / Diritto di divorzio in Italia e in Svizzera, Considerazioni di diritto comparato, Bern 2026, pp. 141 ff.
• On the enforcement of the spousal right to information by third parties under Art. 170(2) of the Swiss Civil Code, ZBJV 1/2026, p. 1 ff. (PDF)
• Article 49 of the Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act (SchKG) (Place of enforcement of the estate) in the context of joint and several liability and collective liability, BlSchK 5/2024, pp. 233 ff. (PDF)
• Legal claims in matrimonial property law, FamPra.ch 1/2024, pp. 43 ff. (PDF)
• What happens to matrimonial property claims in cases of disinheritance?, in: Jörg Schmid/Regina Aebi-Müller/Peter Breitschmid/Barbara Graham-Siegenthaler/Alexandra Jungo (eds.), Traces in Inheritance Law, Festschrift for Paul Eitel, Zurich/Geneva 2022, pp. 639 ff.  (co-authored with Stephan Wolf) (PDF)
• Relinquishment of independent and permanent rights entered in the land register: waiver or abandonment?, ZBGR 4/2022, pp. 197 ff. (PDF)
• Industrial added value in the context of Article 206 of the Swiss Civil Code, FamPra.ch 4/2021, pp. 913 ff. (PDF)
• Fundamentals of the Certificate of Inheritance – in particular its personal content, taking into account the position of the spouse entitled to usufruct under Article 473 of the Swiss Civil Code, in: Peter Breitschmid/Paul Eitel/Alexandra Jungo (eds.), The Last Will, its Execution and its Executors, Festschrift for Hans Rainer Künzle, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2021, pp. 425 ff. (with Stephan Wolf) (PDF)
• Maintenance for adults and advance payment of legal costs – also a contribution on parental liability, ZBJV 5/2021, pp. 283 ff. (with Emanuel Bittel) (PDF)
• Email Account Contracts and ‘Digital Inheritance’ – Fundamental Questions of International Jurisdiction and Applicable Law, in: Stephanie Hrubesch-Millauer/Stephan Wolf/Martin Eggel (eds.), Digital Inheritance Law – Perspectives from Switzerland, Bern 2021, pp. 215 ff. (with Sandra Viertler)
• On the relationship between processing (Art. 726(1) of the Swiss Civil Code) and combination and mixing (Art. 727(1) of the Swiss Civil Code) – a methodological study, recht 3/2020, pp. 156 ff. (PDF)
• COVID-19 and tenancy law – On the legal situation in Switzerland, ZfRV 3/2020, pp. 119 ff. (with Stephan Wolf) (PDF) Source: https://rdb.manz.at/document/rdb.tso.LIzfrv20200306
• On the Status of Easements and Mortgages – Their Fate upon the Sale of the Encumbered Property, Jusletter 11 May 2020, Special Edition: 20 Years of Jusletter – 80th Birthday of Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Wiegand (in collaboration with Stephan Wolf)
• Opening of proceedings with additional written grounds?, AJP 2/2020, p. 161 ff. (with Roland Sarbach) 
• Procedural considerations regarding the anticipatory waiver in inheritance partition proceedings, ZZZ 46/2019, p. 120 ff. (PDF)
• Termination of co-ownership within the community of heirs: also a contribution to the legal nature of the claim for termination, AJP 10/2018, p. 1194 ff. (PDF)
• On the future of the notarial profession in Switzerland – introduction and overview, Jusletter 28 October 2013 (in collaboration with Stephan Wolf and Anja Pfeuti)

Case commentaries:

• Amendment of a foundation’s purpose where political parties are the beneficiaries, commentary on Federal Supreme Court case 5A_75/2025, 26 November 2025, AJP 4/2026, p. 404 ff. (co-authored with Claire Pfammatter)
• Waiver of an inheritance share or declaration of renunciation, Federal Supreme Court 5A_685/2020, successio 4/2021, p. 302 ff.

Editors:

• Divorce Law in Italy and Switzerland: Comparative Legal Considerations / Diritto di divorzio in Italia e in Svizzera, Considerazioni di diritto comparato, Bern 2026 (with Stephan Wolf and Simon Laimer)