Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ)

Since its founding in 1927, the Rabel Journal has stimulated the reasoning and decision-making process of the academic community, legislators, and legal practitioners by sharing global experiences and opinions on all aspects of comparative law and the interconnection of legal systems. A key aim of the journal is identifying and analysing European and global developments in the field of private international law and international civil procedure. The journal also aims to perform a fundamentally comparative - and often interdisciplinary - examination of the manifold topics and methods encountered across private and commercial law.

As a journal of an archival nature, the Rabel Journal provides a forum for in-depth essays on topics of lasting importance and not those driven solely by current events. Issues are addressed from an analytical, rather than merely descriptive, perspective, thereby placing significant developments in an international context. The Materials Section documents important new legislative texts and regulations, often in translation and with explanatory notes. A broadly themed Review Section presents and appraises domestic and international literature.

Since 2024, all Rabel Journal articles have been published open access, with no publication fees charged to authors. The journal is published quarterly in both print and online editions, with an average of 950 pages per year. All articles are initially published online via the “Online First” process and thereafter printed in the next available issue.