Under the auspices of the International Association of Legal Science. The Responsible Editors for the Encyclopedia as a whole are Professors U. Drobnig and K. Zweigert † of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg. Each of the seventeen volumes has a Chief Editor or Editors, whose primary duty is to organize and coordinate the work on the major topic of that volume. The final responsibility for specific chapters is assumed by about 400 reporters.

V. 13 : 0. Introduction - - 1. Partnership and Other Personal Associations for Profit - - 2. Limited Liability Companies and Private Companies - - 3. The Formation of Marketable Share Companies - - 4. Management and Control of Marketable Share Companies - - 5. Capital and Securities of Marketable Share Companies - - 6. Fundamental Changes in Marketable Share Companies - - 7. Company Systems and Affiliation - - 8. Associations - - 9. Foundations - - 10. Securities Regulation – An Introduction - - 11. Taxation of Business Organizations - - 12a. Law and Accounting in Business Associations - - 13. Governmental (Public) Enterprises.