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Knut Benjamin Pißler, Head of the Institute’s Centre of Expertise on China and Korea, is the editor of the just-published “Handbuch des chinesischen Zivilrechts”. The handbook is the first comprehensive German-language publication on the newly codified Chinese civil law regime. more

The Department of Law at the University of Bonn has awarded Institute research fellow Pascal T. Sierek the 2025 TELEKOM-Prize for his doctoral dissertation. more

In his doctoral dissertation, Institute research fellow Felix Aiwanger examines the phenomenon of asset protection and focuses on legal constructions that aim to shield private assets from liability. On the basis of his analysis, Aiwanger proposes reforms that could effectively combat a present-day problem of significant dimension. more

How has the tableau of corporate forms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland changed over the years? A new volume edited by Institute Director Holger Fleischer, Susanne Kalss (Vienna University of Economics and Business), and Hans-Ueli Vogt (University of Zurich) explores this question. more

In his doctoral dissertation, former Institute research fellow Dominik Krell examines the workings of the Saudi judiciary. Against the background of recent reforms, he offers new insights on the legal reasoning of Saudi judges and considers how their approach is reflected in Saudi Arabia’s laws, legal institutions, and court practice. more

In June of 2023, legal scholars and practitioners met at the Institute to discuss the process by which foreign law enters German court proceedings. The conference proceedings have now been assembled into a volume co-edited by Ralf Michaels, director at the Institute, and Jan Peter Schmidt, head of the Centre for the Application of Foreign Law. more

How has family law changed as a result of its encounters with transnational fact patterns, civil status registration systems, the digital age, and war? The first issue of the Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law of 2025 is dedicated to addressing several examples of these transformations. more