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“Encyclopedia of Private International Law” Published

The Encyclopedia of Private International Law has been published by Edward Elgar.


Written by 195 authors from 57 countries and comprising more than 4,000 pages, this work is already regarded as the global standard reference work on private international law. The Encyclopedia comprises 247 entries on key concepts of private international law (Volumes 1 and 2), 80 country reports (Volume 3), and a corresponding collection of national codifications and provisions of private international law translated into English (Volume 4). The editors are Prof. Jürgen Basedow (MPI Hamburg), Prof. Giesela Rühl (University of Jena), Prof. Franco Ferrari (NYU), and Prof. Pedro de Miguel Asensio (Complutense University of Madrid). Further information can be found on the publisher’s website at Edward Elgar. An online version (for a fee) is also available.

The Encyclopedia was awarded the “2018 Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftsmanship and Utility to Lawyers and Scholars” by the American Society of International Law.

Prof. Rösler contributed two entries to the work:

  • Court of Justice of the European Union, pp. 484–490 (online)
  • Interpretation, autonomous, pp. 1007–1015 (online)
Die vier Bände der Encyclopedia of Private International Law

Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Edward Elgar, 2017)