Publications of Ralf Michaels
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Conference Report (4)
Conference Report
Tagungsbericht: 11. Tagung der International Academy of Commecial and Consumer Law. 11. Tagung der International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law, Hamburg, August 15, 2003. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 67, pp. 353 - 359 (2003)
Working Paper (1)
Working Paper
Hamburger Leitlinien zur Ermittlung und Anwendung ausländischen Rechts in deutschen Verfahren für Gerichte, Sachverständige und Parteien – Oktober 2023. (2023), 34 pp.
Journal (1)
Journal
CICLOPs – Duke Law Center for International Studies Occasional Papers. 2009
Issue (6)
Issue
Los derechos de la naturaleza: diálogos entre el derecho y las artes (Naturaleza y Sociedad. Desafíos Medioambientales no. 4/2022) (Special issue). Naturaleza y Sociedad. Desafíos Medioambientales (4) (2022)
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Symposium, Decolonial Comparative Law (Special issue). Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 86,1 Schwerpunkt S. 166-253, (1) (2022)
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Juristische Methodenlehre, Jahrestreffen der Freunde des Hamburger Max-Planck-Instituts, Hamburg, 30. Juni 2018 (Special issue). Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 83,2, Schwerpunkt S. 241-397, (2) (2019), 156 pp.
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Symposium: Legal Origins Thesis, Doing Business Reports, and Comparative Law (special editor) (Special issue). The American Journal of Comparative Law 57:4, 765-876 (2009), 122 pp.
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Beyond the State? Rethinking Private Law (symposium issue editor) (Special issue). The American Journal of Comparative Law 56:3, 527-843 (2008), 317 pp.
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Transdisciplinary Conflict of Laws (special editor) (Special issue). Law and Contemporary Problems 71:3 (2008), 349 pp.
Series (3)
Series
Blog Posts: Conflictoflaws.net: http://conflictoflaws.net/author/ralfmichaels/.
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Blog Posts: Verfassungsblog: https://verfassungsblog.de/author/ralf-michaels/.
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Blog Posts: Law and Political Economy: https://lpeblog.org/author/ralfmichaels/.
Newspaper Article (6)
Newspaper Article
Deutschstunde für alle Welt (essay on the debate surrounding philosopher Achille Mbembe, with English translation). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (131), p. 11 (2020)
Newspaper Article
Blog Posts on Huffington Post, 2015-2017. (2017)
Newspaper Article
The Attorney General Looks Abroad (Op-Ed). The News & Observer (2006)
Newspaper Article
George W. Schröder (Op-Ed). Der Tagesspiegel, p. 10 (2005)
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Justice, thwarted by secrecy (Op-Ed). The News & Observer (2004)
Newspaper Article
U.S. provides visitors not-so-warm welcome (Op-Ed). Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2004)
Case Note (1)
Case Note
Anmerkung zu: F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A. (2004)
Book Review (19)
Book Review
Fekete, Balázs: Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law. A History. Oxford 2021. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 87, pp. 219 - 224 (2023)
Book Review
Felz, Daniel: Das Alien Tort Statute. Rechtsprechung, dogmatische Entwicklung und deutsche Interessen. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 85, pp. 212 - 218 (2021)
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Christoph Schönberger, Der "German Approach" (Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2015). Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte / Germanistische Abteilung 134, pp. 485 - 487 (2017)
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Pluralism and Development: Scholars and Practitioners in Dialogue, (Brian Z. Tamanaha, Caroline Sage, and Michael Woolcock eds., Cambridge University Press 2012). Law & Society Review 47, pp. 236 - 238 (2012)
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Moritz Renner, Zwingendes transnationales Recht. Zur Struktur der Wirtschaftsverfassung jenseits des Staates [Mandatory Transnational Law. On the Structure of the Economic Constitution Beyond the State]. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2011. International Journal of Constitutional Law 10, pp. 1179 - 1184 (2012)
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Denationalisierung des Privatrechts? Symposium anlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Karl Kreuzer (Eva-Maria Kieninger ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2005). Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 72, pp. 397 - 403 (2008)
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Jan Smits (ed.), The Need for a European Contract Law: Empirical and Legal Perspectives. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, pp. 950 - 952 (2007)
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Mistake, Fraud, and Duties to Inform in European Contract Law (Ruth Sefton-Green ed., 2005). (2005)
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Towards a European Ius Commune in Legal Education and Research (Michael Faure et al. eds., 2002). Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, p. 874 (2004)
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Rethinking the Masters of Comparative Law (Annelise Riles ed., Hart 2001). German Law Journal - open access to comparative, european and international law 4, pp. 411 - 417 (2003)
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Basil S. Markesinis, Always on the Same Path. Essays on Foreign Law and Comparative Methodology, Volume II. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, p. 903 (2002)
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Klaus Adomeit & Guillermo Frühbeck, Einführung in das spanische Recht: Das Verfassungs-, Zivil-, Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsrecht des Königreichs Spanien (München: Beck, 2. Aufl. 1999). Informaciones 18, p. 103 (2002)
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Sylvia Sella-Geusen, Doppelverkauf – Zur Rechtsstellung des ersten Käufers im gelehrten Recht des Mittelalters, Berlin 1999. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, p. 423 (2002)
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Peter A. Reichart, Der Renvoi im schweizerischen IPR, Zürich 1996; Hans Kuhn, Der Renvoi im internationalen Erbrecht der Schweiz, Zürich 1998. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 65, pp. 320 - 324 (2001)
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Tony Weir, Economic Torts (Clarendon Lectures), Oxford 1997. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 65, pp. 351 - 356 (2001)
Book Review
Petar Šarčević & Paul Volken (eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law, Volume I-1999, The Hague-London-Boston 1999. Netherlands International Law Review 48, pp. 108 - 112 (2001)
Book Review
Peter Cane & Jane Stapleton (eds.), The Law of Obligations – Essays in Celebration of John Fleming, Oxford 1998. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, p. 425 (2001)
Book Review
Cordula Thoms, Einzelstatut bricht Gesamtstatut. Zur Auslegung der „besonderen Vorschriften“ in Art. 3 Abs. 3 EGBGB (Studien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht 51), Tübingen 1996. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 64, pp. 177 - 183 (2000)
Book Review
Heinrich Nagel & Peter Gottwald, Internationales Zivilprozeßrecht, 4. Aufl., Münster 1997. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, p. 1050 (1998)
Opinion (2)
Opinion
Das Gesetz zum Schutz Minderjähriger bei Auslandsehen. Stellungnahme zum Referentenentwurf des Bundesministeriums der Justiz v. 5.4.2024. (2024), 11 pp.
Opinion
Amicus Curiae Brief: F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., et al. v. Empagran, S.A., et al., 542 U.S. 155. (2004)
Contribution to a Collected edition (80)
Contribution to a Collected edition
Was ist fremdes Recht? – Rechtstheoretische Grundlagen des § 293 ZPO. In: Das Gutachten zum ausländischen Recht im Prozess des 21. Jahrhunderts, pp. 33 - 59 (Eds. Michaels, R.; Schmidt, J. P.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2025)
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Die Hamburger Leitlinien zur Ermittlung und Anwendung ausländischen Rechts in deutschen Verfahren: Entstehung, Ziele, Inhalt. In: Das Gutachten zum ausländischen Recht im Prozess des 21. Jahrhunderts, pp. 235 - 248 (Eds. Michaels, R.; Schmidt, J. P.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2025)
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International law and domestic law – a conflict of laws? In: Research Handbook on International Law and Domestic Legal Systems, pp. 279 - 304 (Eds. Aust, H. P.; Krieger, H.; Lange, F.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2024)
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Decolonial comparative law: FAQ. In: A Research Agenda for Comparative Law, pp. 61 - 87 (Ed. Husa, J.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2024)
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Towards private international law for everyone. In: Research Methods in Private International Law, pp. 246 - 264 (Eds. Kramer, X.; Carballo Piñeiro, L.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2024)
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Introduction. In: Philosophical Foundations of Private International Law, pp. 1 - 38 (Eds. Banu, R.; Green, M. S.; Michaels, R.). Oxford University Press, New York (2024)
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Private International Law and the Legal Pluriverse. In: Philosophical Foundations of Private International Law (Eds. Banu, R.; Green, M. S.; Michaels, R.). Oxford University Press, New York (2024)
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Sustainability and Private International Law. In: Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability, pp. 479 - 499 (Eds. Santos Silva, M.; Nicolussi, A.; Wendehorst, C.; Salvador Coderch, P.; Clément, M. et al.). Routledge, London (2024)
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Introducción: Un mapa de los problemas centrales de la disciplina. In: Derecho comparado. Materiales modernos y posmodernos, pp. 9 - 50 (Eds. Bonilla Maldonado, D.; Michaels, R.). Ediciones Uniandes, Bogotá (2023)
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Rumo a um Direito Internacional Privado para Conflitos Regulatórios? In: Governança Global, Vol. 2, pp. 335 - 364 (Eds. de Sá Ribeiro, M. R.; Fontoura Costa, J. A.; Fernández Arroyo, D. P.). Arraes Editores, Belo Horizonte (2023)
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El método funcionalista del derecho comparado. In: Derecho comparado. Materiales modernos y posmodernos, pp. 53 - 111 (Eds. Bonilla Maldonado, D.; Michaels, R.). Ediciones Uniandes, Bogotá (2023)
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Israels Sicherheit und Existenz zwischen Staatsräson und Rechtsstaatsprinzip. In: Singularität im Plural – Kolonialismus, Holocaust und der zweite Historikerstreit, pp. 194 - 217 (Ed. Mendel, M.). Beltz, Weinheim (2023)
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Characterization. In: A Guide to Global Private International Law, pp. 31 - 45 (Eds. Beaumont, P.; Holliday, J.). Hart, London (2022)
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Tertiary rules. In: Entangled legalities beyond the state, pp. 424 - 448 (Ed. Krisch, N.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2022)
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Rechtskultur. In: Handwörterbuch zur deutschen Rechtsgeschichte (HRG), 29. Lieferung, Vol. 4, 2. Ed., pp. Sp. 1206 - 1208. E. Schmidt, Berlin (2022)
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How Asian Should Asian Law Be? In: Convergence and Divergence of Private Law in Asia: Methods and Drivers, pp. 227 - 251 (Ed. Low, G.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2022)
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Die Frühehe in den Niederlanden. In: Die Frühehe im Recht – Praxis, Rechtsvergleich, Kollisionsrecht, höherrangiges Recht, pp. 525 - 550 (Eds. Yassari, N.; Michaels, R.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2021)
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Die Frühehe in Italien. In: Die Frühehe im Recht – Praxis, Rechtsvergleich, Kollisionsrecht, höherrangiges Recht, pp. 591 - 614 (Eds. Yassari, N.; Michaels, R.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2021)
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Einleitung. In: Die Frühehe im Recht – Praxis, Rechtsvergleich, Kollisionsrecht, höherrangiges Recht, pp. 1 - 16 (Eds. Yassari, N.; Michaels, R.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2021)
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Die Frühehe im Rechtsvergleich: Praxis, Sachrecht, Kollisionsrecht. In: Die Frühehe im Recht – Praxis, Rechtsvergleich, Kollisionsrecht, höherrangiges Recht, pp. 17 - 97 (Eds. Yassari, N.; Michaels, R.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2021)
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Is Arbitration Autonomous? In: The Cambridge Companion to International Arbitration, pp. 115 - 137 (Ed. Lim, C.L.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2021)
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Reasonableness as a Limitation on the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Law: From 403 to 405 (via 404). In: The Restatement and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Foreign Relations Law, pp. 283 - 302 (Eds. Stephan, P. B.; Cleveland, S. A.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2020)
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Territory. In: Tipping Points in International Law – Commitment and Critique, Vol. 20/18, pp. 332 - 349 (Eds. d'Aspremont, J.; Haskell, J.) (2020)
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The UNIDROIT Principles as Reference for the Interpretation of US Law. In: Use of the UNIDROIT Principles to Interpret and Supplement Domestic Contract Law, pp. 361 - 394 (Eds. Garro, A.; Moreno Rodríguez, J. A.). Springer, Cham (2020)
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Kommentare zum transnationalen Privatrecht. Grenzen der Entnationalisierung eines nationalen Modells. In: Juristische Kommentare: Ein internationaler Vergleich, pp. 395 - 416 (Eds. Kästle-Lamparter, D.; Jansen, N.; Zimmermann, R.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2020)
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Global Legal Pluralism and Conflict of Laws. In: Oxford Handbook of Global Legal Pluralism, pp. 629 - 648 (Ed. Schiff Berman, P.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2020)
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O Direito Marginal. In: Desafios do Direito Internacional privado na sociedade contemporanea (Challenges of Private International Law in Contemporary Society), pp. 1 - 24 (Eds. Carneiro de Farias, I. L. M.; Borges Moschen, V. R.). Lumen Juris, Rio de Janeiro (2020)
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Das marginale Recht (Antrittsvorlesung). In: Zur Amtseinführung von Ralf Michaels am 5. November 2019 im Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, pp. 19 - 36 (Ed. Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht). Hamburg (2020)
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After the Backlash. In: The Many Lives of Transnational Law – Critical Engagements with Jessup's Bold Proposal, pp. 441 - 458 (Ed. Zumbansen, P.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2020)
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La double privatisation du droit dans la globalisation. In: Le tournant global en droit international privé, pp. 211 - 223 (Eds. Muir Watt, H.; Bíziková, L.; Brandão de Oliveira, A.; Fernández Arroyo, D. P.; Ma, M.). Pedone, Paris (2020)
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Private international law as an ethic of responsivity. In: Diversity and integration in private international law, pp. 11 - 27 (Eds. Ruiz Abou-Nigm, V.; Noodt Taquela, M. B.). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh (2019)
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The Dual Privatisation of Law in Globalisation (Note on Kasky v Nike). In: Global private international law: adjudication without frontiers, pp. 162 - 171 (Eds. Muir Watt, H.; Bíziková, L.; Brandão Oliveira, A.; Fernández Arroyo, D.). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (2019)
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The Functional Method of Comparative Law. In: The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, 2 Ed., pp. 345 - 389 (Eds. Reimann, M.; Zimmermann, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2019)
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Private International Law and the Question of Universal Values. In: Private International Law, Contemporary Challenges and Continuing Relevance, pp. 148 - 177 (Eds. Ferrari, F.; Fernández Arroyo, D. P.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2019)
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Comparative Law and Private International Law. In: Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Vol. I, pp. 417 - 425 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Rühl, G.; Ferrari, F.; Miguel Asensio, P. d.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2017)
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Jurisdiction, Foundations. In: Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Vol. II, pp. 1042 - 1051 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Rühl, G.; Ferrari, F.; Miguel Asensio, P. d.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2017)
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Story, Joseph. In: Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Vol. II, pp. 1659 - 1667 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Rühl, G.; Ferrari, F.; Miguel Asensio, P. d.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2017)
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Waechter, Carl Georg von. In: Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Vol. II, pp. 1824 - 1832 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Rühl, G.; Ferrari, F.; Miguel Asensio, P. d.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2017)
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Law and Recognition – Towards a Relational Concept of Law. In: In Pursuit of Pluralist Jurisprudence, pp. 90 - 115 (Eds. Roughan, N.; Halpin, A.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2017)
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Zugangsschranken – Zur Nichtrezeption der Systemtheorie in den USA. In: Privatrechtstheorie heute, pp. 238 - 267 (Eds. Grünberger, M.; Jansen, N.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2017)
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Religiöse Rechte und postsäkulare Rechtsvergleichung. In: Zukunftsperspektiven der Rechtsvergleichung, pp. 39 - 102 (Ed. Zimmermann, R.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2016)
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What is Non-State Law? A Primer. In: Negotiating State and Non-State Law: the Challenge of Global and Local Legal Pluralism, pp. 41 - 58 (Ed. Helfand, M. A.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2015)
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Post-Critical Private International Law: From Politics to Technique. In: Private international law and global governance, pp. 54 - 67 (Eds. Muir Watt, H.; Fernández Arroyo, D.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2014)
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Roles and Role Perceptions in International Commercial Arbitration. In: International arbitration and global governance – contending theories and evidence, pp. 47 - 73 (Eds. Mattli, W.; Dietz, T.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2014)
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On Liberalism and Legal Pluralism. In: Transnational Law – Rethinking European Law and Legal Thinking, pp. 122 - 142 (Eds. Maduro, M. P.; Tuori, K.; Sankari, S.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2014)
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Was ist nichtstaatliches Recht? Eine Einführung [What is Non-State Law? An Introduction]. In: Transnationales Recht – Stand und Perspektiven, pp. 39 - 56 (Ed. Calliess, G.-P.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2014)
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Globalisation and Law: Law Beyond the State. In: Law and Social Theory, 2 Ed., pp. 287 - 303 (Eds. Banakar, R.; Travers, M.). Hart, Oxford (2013)
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„One Size Can Fit All“ – Some Heretical Thoughts On Mass Production of Legal Transplants. In: Order from Transfer – Comparative Constitutional Design and Legal Culture, pp. 56 - 78 (Ed. Frankenberg, G.). Elgar, Cheltenham (2013)
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Make or Buy – A Public Market for Legal Transplants? In: Regulatory Competition in Contract Law and Dispute Resolution, pp. 27 - 41 (Ed. Eidenmüller, H.). C.H. Beck, München (2013)
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Why We Have No Theory Of European Private Law Pluralism. In: Pluralism and European Private Law, pp. 139 - 159 (Ed. Niglia, L.). Hart, Oxford (2013)
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European Class Actions and Applicable Law. In: Cross-Border Class Actions – The European Way, pp. 111 - 141 (Eds. Nuyts, A.; Hatzimihail, N. E.). Sellier, München (2013)
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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. In: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Vol. 8: [PA - SA], p. 672 (Eds. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Max Planck Society; Wolfrum, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2012)
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Rollen und Rollenverständnis im transnationalen Privatrecht (Roles and Role Perceptions in Transnational Private Law). In: Paradigmen im internationalen Recht – Implikationen der Weltfinanzkrise für das internationale Recht, pp. 175 - 227 (Eds. Fassbender, B.; Wendehorst, C.; de Wet, E.; Peters, A.; Michaels, R. et al.). C.F. Müller, Heidelberg (2012)
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Acquisition of Ownership from a Non-Owner. In: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, Vol. I, pp. 15 - 18 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Hopt, K. J.; Zimmermann, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2012)
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Comparative Law. In: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, Vol. I, pp. 298 - 302 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Hopt, K. J.; Zimmermann, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2012)
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Legal Culture. In: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, Vol. II, pp. 1060 - 1064 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Hopt, K. J.; Zimmermann, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2012)
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Property. In: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, Vol. II, pp. 1373 - 1376 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Hopt, K. J.; Zimmermann, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2012)
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Restatements. In: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, Vol. II, pp. 1466 - 1470 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Hopt, K. J.; Zimmermann, R.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2012)
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Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in International Antitrust Law – A US Perspective. In: International Antitrust Litigation: Conflict of Laws and Coordination, pp. 225 - 244 (Eds. Basedow, J.; Francq, S.; Idot, L.). Hart, Oxford (2012)
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The Functionalism of Legal Origins. In: Does Law Matter? On Law and Economic Growth, pp. 21 - 39 (Eds. Faure, M.; Smits, J.). Intersentia, Cambridge (2011)