Publications of Ralf Michaels

Ralf Michaels, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, in: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Max Planck Society, Rüdiger Wolfrum (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, vol. 8: [PA - SA], Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 672.

Ralf Michaels, Rollen und Rollenverständnis im transnationalen Privatrecht (Roles and Role Perceptions in Transnational Private Law), in: Bardo Fassbender, Christiane Wendehorst, Erika de Wet, Anne Peters, Ralf Michaels, Christian Tietje, Hanno Merkt, Friedl Weiss, Jan von Hein (eds.), Paradigmen im internationalen Recht – Implikationen der Weltfinanzkrise für das internationale Recht (Berichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht, 45), C.F. Müller, Heidelberg 2012, 175–227.

Ralf Michaels, Acquisition of Ownership from a Non-Owner, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, vol. I, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 15–18.

Ralf Michaels, Comparative Law, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, vol. I, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 298–302.

Ralf Michaels, Legal Culture, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, vol. II, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 1060–1064.

Ralf Michaels, Property, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, vol. II, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 1373–1376.

Ralf Michaels, Restatements, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law, vol. II, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 1466–1470.

Ralf Michaels, Hannah Buxbaum, Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in International Antitrust Law – A US Perspective, in: Jürgen Basedow, Stéphanie Francq, Laurence Idot (eds.), International Antitrust Litigation: Conflict of Laws and Coordination, Hart, Oxford 2012, 225–244.

Ralf Michaels, The Functionalism of Legal Origins, in: Michael Faure, Jan Smits (eds.), Does Law Matter? On Law and Economic Growth (Ius commune europaeum, 100), Intersentia, Cambridge 2011, 21–39.

Ralf Michaels, Empagran's Empire: International Law and Statutory Interpretation in the U.S. Supreme Court of the Twenty-First Century, in: David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, William S. Dodge (eds.), The U.S. Supreme Court and International Law: Continuity or Change?, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2011, 533–546.

Ralf Michaels, Global Problems in Domestic Courts, in: Sam Muller, Stavros Zouridis, Morly Frishman, Laura Kistemaker (eds.), The Law of the Future and the Future of the Law, Torkel Opsahl, Oslo 2011, 167–177.

Ralf Michaels, Of Islands and the Ocean: The Two Rationalities of European Private Law, in: Roger Brownsword, Leone Niglia, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz (eds.), Foundations of European Private Law, Hart2011, 139–158.

Ralf Michaels, Joost Pauwelyn, Conflict of Norms or Conflict of Laws?: Different Techniques in the Fragmentation of Public International Law, in: Tomer Broude, Yuval Shany (eds.), Multi-Sourced Equivalent Norms in International Law, Hart2011.

Ralf Michaels, Eigentum, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, vol. I, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, 358–362.

Ralf Michaels, Erwerb von Nichtberechtigten, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, vol. I, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, 451–454.

Ralf Michaels, Rechtskultur, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, vol. II, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, 1255–1259.

Ralf Michaels, Rechtsvergleichung, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, vol. II, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, 1265–1269.

Ralf Michaels, Restatements, in: Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, vol. II, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, 1295–1299.

Ralf Michaels, Nils Jansen, Private Law Beyond the State. Europeanization, Globalization, Privatization, in: Nils Jansen, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Beyond the State? Rethinking Private Law2008, 69–118.

Ralf Michaels, Nils Jansen, Private Law and the State. Comparative Perceptions, Historical Observations, and Basic Problems, in: Nils Jansen, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Beyond the State? Rethinking Private Law2008, 15–67.

Ralf Michaels, Globalizing Savigny? The State in Savigny's Private International Law and the Challenge from Europeanization and Globalization, in: Michael Stolleis, Wolfgang Streeck (eds.), Aktuelle Fragen zu politischer und rechtlicher Steuerung im Kontext der Globalisierung, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2007, 119–144.

Ralf Michaels, Some Fundamental Jurisdictional Conceptions as Applied in Judgment Conventions, in: Eckart Gottschalk, Ralf Michaels, Giesela Rühl, Jan von Hein (eds.), Conflict of laws in a globalized world, Cambridge University Press, New York 2007, 29–62.

Ralf Michaels, Retour aux sources? Droit et politiques des sources du droit contemporain aux Etats-Unis [Back to the Sources? Law and Politics of Sources of Contemporary American Law], in: Société de législation comparée & Cedroma (ed.), Les sources du droit – Aspects contemporains2007, 97–112.

Ralf Michaels, American Law (United States), in: Jan Smits (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Elgar, Cheltenham 2006, 66–77.

Ralf Michaels, Two Economists, Three Opinions? Economic Models for Private International Law – Cross-Border Torts as Example, in: Jürgen Basedow, Toshiyuki Kono, Giesela Rühl (eds.), An Economic Analysis of Private International Law, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2006, 143–184.

Ralf Michaels, The Functional Method of Comparative Law, in: Mathias Reimann, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, 339–382.

Ralf Michaels, Re-Placements. Jurisdiction for Contracts and Torts under the Brussels I Regulation when Arts. 5(1) and 5(3) do not Designate a Place in a Member State, in: Arnaud Nuyts, Nadine Watté (eds.), International Civil Litigation in Europe and Relations with Third States, Bruylant, Brussels 2005, 129–156.

Ralf Michaels, Territorial Jurisdiction after Territoriality, in: Piet-Jan Slot, Mielle Bulterman (eds.), Globalisation and Jurisdiction, Kluwer Law International, Leiden 2004, 105–130.

Ralf Michaels, Welches europäische Vertragsrecht braucht die Wirtschaft?, in: Rupert Scholz (ed.), Europa als Union des Rechts – eine notwendige Zwischenbilanz im Prozeß der Vertiefung und Erweiterung (Veröffentlichungen der Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Stiftung, 54)1999, 158–159.

Daniel Bonilla Maldonado, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Global Legal Pluralism and Rights of Nature (Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 151), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2026, XXIV + 643 pp.

Ralf Michaels, Jan Peter Schmidt (eds.), Das Gutachten zum ausländischen Recht im Prozess des 21. Jahrhunderts (Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 145), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2025, XV + 291 pp.

Roxana Banu, Michael S. Green, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Philosophical Foundations of Private International Law, Oxford University Press, New York 2024, 432 pp.

Daniel Bonilla Maldonado, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Derecho comparado. Materiales modernos y posmodernos, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 2023, 387 pp.

Ralf Michaels, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Hans van Loon (eds.), The Private Side of Transforming our World, Intersentia, Cambridge 2021, XIV + 574 pp.

Nadjma Yassari, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Die Frühehe im Recht – Praxis, Rechtsvergleich, Kollisionsrecht, höherrangiges Recht (Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 135), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2021, XXVI + 660 pp.

Stephan Lorenz, Heinz-Peter Mansel, Ralf Michaels (eds.), Gutachten zum internationalen und ausländischen Privatrecht (IPG) 2018-2020, Gieseking, Bielefeld 2021, IX + 788 pp.

Ralf Michaels, Nils Jansen (eds.), Beyond the State - Rethinking Private Law, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008, XII + 422 pp.

Eckart Gottschalk, Ralf Michaels, Giesela Rühl, Jan von Hein (eds.), Conflict of Laws in a Globalized World, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne etc. 2007, XVI + 302 pp.

Ralf Michaels, Preamble I: Purposes, legal nature, and scope of the PICC; applicability by courts; use of the PICC for the purpose of interpretation and supplementation and as a model, in: Stefan Vogenauer (ed.), Commentary on the UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts (PICC), 2 ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, 31–109.

Ralf Michaels, Preamble I: Purposes, legal nature, and scope of the PICC; applicability by courts; use of the PICC for the purpose of interpretation and supplementation and as a model, in: Stefan Vogenauer, Jan Kleinheisterkamp (eds.), Commentary on the UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts (PICC), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, 21–80.

Ralf Michaels, Systemfragen des Schuldrechts, in: Mathias Schmoeckel, Joachim Rückert, Reinhard Zimmermann (eds.), Historisch-kritischer Kommentar zum BGB, Bd. II, Mohr, Tübingen 2007, 1–97.

Ralf Michaels, Antonia Sommerfeld, EU-Lieferketten-Richtlinie und internationale Zuständigkeit, in: Christian von Bar, Oliver L. Knöfel, Ulrich Magnus, Heinz-Peter Mansel , Arkadiusz Wudarski (eds.), Gedächtnisschrift für Peter Mankowski, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2024, 775–791.

Ralf Michaels, Internationales Privatrecht als Rechtsvergleichung: Die kollisionsrechtlich-vergleichende Methode, in: Nils Jansen, Sonja Meier, Gregor Christandl, Walter Doralt, Birke Häcker, Phillip Hellwege, Jens Kleinschmidt, Johannes Liebrecht, Sebastian Martens, Jan Peter Schmidt, Stefan Vogenauer (eds.), Iurium Itinera. Historische Rechtsvergleichung und vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte / Historical Comparative Law and Comparative Legal History. Reinhard Zimmermann zum 70. Geburtstag am 10. Oktober 2022 (Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 138), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2022, 149–176.

Ralf Michaels, Das Persönlichkeitsrecht am Bild der eigenen Sache, in: Sebastian Kubis, Karl-Nikolaus Peifer, Benjamin Raue, Malte Stieper (eds.), Ius Vivum: Kunst – Internationales – Persönlichkeit. Festschrift für Haimo Schack zum 70. Geburtstag, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2022, 974–985.

Ralf Michaels, Rechtliches Wissen in der Krise – Eine Zeitkapsel, in: Gregor Bachmann, Stefan Grundmann, Anja Mengel, Kaspar Krolop (eds.), Festschrift für Christine Windbichler zum 70. Geburtstag, De Gruyter, Berlin 2020, 97–118.

Ralf Michaels, A Global Restatement of Private International Law?, in: Christoph Benicke, Stefan Huber (eds.), National, International, Transnational: Harmonischer Dreiklang im Recht, Festschrift für Herbert Kronke zum 70. Geburtstag, Gieseking, Bielefeld 2020, 387–398.

Ralf Michaels, Mehr Freiheit wagen im Recht der Privatautonomie?, in: Anatol Dutta, Christian Heinze (eds.), „Mehr Freiheit wagen“ – Beiträge zur Emeritierung von Jürgen Basedow (Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 124), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2018, 247–276.

Ralf Michaels, Non-State Law in the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts, in: Kai Pumhagen, Peter Rott (eds.), Varieties of European Economic Law and Regulation (Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, 3), Springer, Berlin 2014, 43–69.

Ralf Michaels, Die Struktur der kollisionsrechtlichen Durchsetzung einfach zwingender Normen, in: Ralf Michaels, Dennis Solomon (eds.), Liber amicorum Klaus Schurig, Sellier, München 2012, 191–210.

Ralf Michaels, Die europäische IPR-Revolution: Regulierung, Europäisierung, Mediatisierung, in: Dietmar Baetge, Jan von Hein, Michael von Hinden (eds.), Die richtige Ordnung. Festschrift für Jan Kropholler zum 70. Geburtstag, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008, 151–173.

Ralf Michaels, US Courts as World Courts, in: American Academy in Berlin (ed.), For Bob Mundheim2006, 36–41.

Ralf Michaels, Dennis Solomon (eds.), Liber Amicorum Klaus Schurig, Sellier, München 2012, X + 323 pp.

Ralf Michaels, Annelise Riles, Law as Technique, in: Marie-Claire Foblets, Mark Goodale, Maria Sapignoli, Olaf Zenker (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Law and Anthropology, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2022, 860–878.

Ralf Michaels, International Arbitration as Private and Public Good, in: Thomas Schultz, Federico Ortino (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2020, 398–420.

André Nunes Chaib, Deo Campos Dutra, Flávia Carlet, Karina Gomes, Kwamou Eva Feukeu, Luiz de Abreu, Ralf Michaels, Tatiana Emília Dias Gomes, Apresentação / Editorial – Dossiê "Direito de Propriedade Comparado Decolonial", Revista Direito e Práxis 16, 4 (2025), i-vii.

Ralf Michaels, Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Asia, Chinese journal of transnational law 2, 2 (2025), 129–145.

Marietta Auer, Hanoch Dagan, Roy Kreitner, Ralf Michaels, Methodological Tensions in Understanding Markets, Law and Contemporary Problems 86, 4 (2024), i-xi.

Daniel Bonilla Maldonado , Ralf Michaels, Patricia Zalamea, Los derechos de la naturaleza: diálogos entre el derecho y las artes / The rights of nature: Dialogues between law and the arts, Naturaleza y Sociedad. Desafíos Medioambientales (no. 4), 2022, https://doi.org/10.53010/nys4.00, 12/16/2022.

Ralf Michaels, Foreword, Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law – Towards convergence or divergent still? (Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit, Dharmita Prasad eds.) 2022, V-VI.

Ralf Michaels, Foreword, in: Felix M. Wilke, A Conceptual Analysis of European Private International Law: The General Issues in the EU and its Member States, Intersentia, A Conceptual Analysis of European Private International Law: The General Issues in the EU and its Member States 2019, VII-IX.

Ralf Michaels, Foreword, in: Jie Huang, Interregional Recognition and Enforcement of Civil and Commercial Judgments – Lessons for China from US and EU Law, Hart 2014, IX - X., 2014, 2014.

Ralf Michaels, Foreword: The Bernstein Memorial Lecture — The First Six Years, Duke Law CICLOPs 1 (2009), ix-xii.

Ralf Michaels, Nils Jansen, Beyond the State? Rethinking Private Law. Introduction to the Issue, The American Journal of Comparative Law 2008, 527–539.

Ralf Michaels, Karen Knop, Annelise Riles, Foreword, Law and Contemporary Problems 71, 3 (2008), 1–17.

Ralf Michaels, EU Law as Private International Law? Re-conceptualising the Country-of-Origin Principle as Vested Rights Theory (ZERP-Diskussionspapier, 5/2006) 2006, 51 pp.

Ralf Michaels, Sachzuordnung durch Kaufvertrag. Traditionsprinzip, Konsensprinzip, ius ad rem in Geschichte, Theorie und geltendem Recht, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, 474 pp.

Holger Fleischer, Ralf Michaels, Anne Röthel, Christian Eckl, Rabels Zeitschrift Open Access, 2024, https://conflictoflaws.net/2024/rabels-zeitschrift-open-access, 04/04/2024.

Ralf Michaels, Palästinenser*innen in Deutschland: Staatsräson sticht Grundrechte, 2023, https://www.ufuq.de/aktuelles/palaestinenserinnen-in-deutschland/, 09/26/2023.

Ralf Michaels, Antonia Sommerfeld, The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction, 2023, https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/40963/, 08/03/2023.

Ralf Michaels, Warum die Grundrechte keine allgemeine Antisemitismusausnahme kennen, 2023, https://www.soziopolis.de/warum-die-grundrechte-keine-allgemeine-antisemitismusausnahme-kennen.html, 06/14/2023.

Ralf Michaels, Foreign Child Marriages and Constitutional Law – German Constitutional Court Holds Parts of the German Act to Combat Child Marriages Unconstitutional, 2023, https://conflictoflaws.net/2023/foreign-child-marriages-and-constitutional-law/, 03/30/2023.

Ralf Michaels, Versammlungsfreiheit gilt auch für Palästinenser, 2022, https://doi.org/10.17176/20220514-182114-0, 05/14/2022.

Ralf Michaels, Symeonides’ 30th (and last) Annual Survey of Choice of Law, 2021, https://conflictoflaws.net/2021/symeonides-30th-and-last-annual-survey-of-choice-of-law/, 01/02/2021.

Ralf Michaels, Jakob Olbing, Corona and Private International Law: A Regularly Updated Repository of Writings, Cases and Developments, 2020, https://conflictoflaws.net/2020/corona/, 12/14/2020.

Ralf Michaels, On the Mbembe Anti-Semitism Debate in Germany: A Decolonial Critique of German Universalism, 2020, https://doi.org/10.17176/20220530-124418-0, 08/04/2020.

Ralf Michaels, Notarization from abroad in times of travel restrictions, 2020, https://conflictoflaws.net/2020/notarization-from-abroad/, 05/22/2020.

Ralf Michaels, Learning from Corona?, 2020, https://crisis-diary.net/2020/04/07/learning-from-corona/, 04/07/2020.

Ralf Michaels, Is Brexit a Game?, 2019, https://doi.org/10.17176/20190929-232414-0, 09/29/2019.

Ralf Michaels, Is Adjudicatory Jurisdiction a Category of Public International Law?, 2018, http://opiniojuris.org/2018/09/20/is-adjudicatory-jurisdiction-a-category-of-public-international-law/, 09/20/2018.

Ralf Michaels, Gehört der Islam zu Deutschland? Beyond Böckenförde, 2018, https://doi.org/10.17176/20180322-092112, 03/22/2018.

Ralf Michaels, “Law as the Study of Norms” – Foundational Subjects and Interdisciplinarity in Germany and the United States, 2014, https://doi.org/10.17176/20181005-171827-0, 02/19/2014.