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Rosa Pla Almendros is currently studying for a doctorate in private international law (PIL) at the University of Valencia. She took a joint degree in Law and Business Administration at the same institution, graduating with honours and completing an internship at a large law firm. She then decided to pursue a career in research, completing a Master’s degree at the University of Valencia before enrolling in the doctoral programme there. Currently Rosa combines her research work with teaching duties. Before her stay at the Institute as a Konrad Zweigert Scholar, she was awarded a research scholarship for the 2024 autumn term at the London School of Economics (LSE). more

The latest issue of the Journal of Japanese Law (J.Japan.L.) cuts across a broad range of current developments, with articles and lecture papers on Japanese civil and criminal law as well as the regulation of AI and the metaverse. It also contains notes about recent Japanese court decisions on intellectual property and criminal law as well as two event summaries. more

In April 2023, comparative political process theory was the subject of an international symposium held at the Transnational Law Center of the University of Tokyo. A selection of the papers presented at the symposium have been published in a special issue of the Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht/Journal of Japanese Law (ZJapanR /J.Japan.L.). more

The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony has elected Institute director Anne Röthel to a full membership. The largest learned society for basic research in the humanities and social sciences in Lower Saxony comprises a network of researchers from all over the world into a unique body of expertise. more

The precept that no person can dispose of some of their assets in a will while letting the rest pass under the laws of intestacy was one of the quirks of Roman succession law that made the least sense to scholars of later periods. In his dissertation, former research associate at the Institute Dirk Erdelkamp travels through contemporary history in pursuit of the nemo pro parte principle from its emergence and later reception to its present manifestations. more

There’s no general standard for assessing damages for non-economic harms, and outcomes vary across jurisdictions. In his dissertation, Samuel Zeh, former research associate at the Institute, examines the calculation of damages for pain and suffering in transnational cases in light of the competing interests. more

On 22 May 2025, Institute senior research fellow Simon Horn was named fellow of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society in recognition of his research on forecasts in corporate law. more