“Globalization and law - contributions by Japan and Germany to an international legal system in the 21st century” - this was the subject of a jurisprudential congress in Tokyo from 29 September to 1 October 2005 on the occasion of the "Germany in Japan" year 2005/2006. The conference report contains papers from well-known authors from Japan and Germany; the articles deal with the foundations and individual fields of law in their links and development lines to the subject “Globalization and Law”.