Research fellows responsible for a particular country and its legal system or, more typically, a group of countries sharing a related legal system carry out their work in regional units. Their tasks include generating the legal advice with whose provision the Institute has been entrusted by courts, lawyers and agencies and also the creation of country reports which are to be included in comparative law expert reports. Additionally, many of the regional units carry editorial responsibilities. Thus, for example, legal journals focusing on Japanese and Chinese law are published respectively by the Japan unit and the China unit. In addition to producing publications addressing new legal developments in the regions for which they have been entrusted and organising region-specific legal conferences, the regional units also participate in large-scale, bilateral projects, such as collaborative efforts initiated for the purpose of formulating legal reforms.  An example in this regard would be the work currently undertaken by the Southeast Europe unit.
 
The study of targeted areas within particular legal fields is undertaken in subject specific units. In some instances, these units also perform academic tasks related to other Institute work such as the assumption of editorial duties or the completion of work related to the administration and coordination of expert reports.

• Last update: 30 Jun. 2011
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