Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ)
The Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law
Journal of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Edited by:
Holger Fleischer, Ralf Michaels, Anne Röthel (Max Planck Institute),
Jens Kleinschmidt (University of Trier), Wolfgang Wurmnest (University of Hamburg)
Volume 90 (2026) / Price per volume (4 issues with approx. 820 pages)
The journal was founded in 1927 by Ernst Rabel. Continuing in its original tradition, it serves today as a global forum for scholarly exchange in the fields of private international law and international civil procedure, comparative law, and transnational private law. Articles on central topics written by authors from around the world are published in German, English, or French under an open-access model.
Editors
Edited by:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Holger Fleischer, LL.M. (Univ. of Michigan), Dipl.-Kfm., Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Ralf Michaels, LL.M. (Cambridge), Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Anne Röthel, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Jens Kleinschmidt, LL.M. (Berkeley), University of Trier
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wurmnest, LL.M. (Berkeley), University of Hamburg
Academic Advisory Board:
Dr. Ruth Effinowicz, LL.M. (Cologne/Paris 1), M.A. (Japanese Studies), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Eva Kwamou Feukeu, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Dr. Mateusz Grochowski, LL.M. (Yale), Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans
Dr. Biset Sena Güneş, LL. M. (London), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus J. Hopt, MCJ (NYU), Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Knut Benjamin Pißler, M.A. (Sinology), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Peter Schmidt, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Klaus Ulrich Schmolke, LL.M. (NYU), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Kurt Siehr, M.C.L. (Ann Arbor), Affiliate, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Zimmermann, Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg