This commemorative publication is dedicated to Dieter Reuter on the occasion of his 70th birthday. It honors a scholar whose academic work covers an unusually wide range of issues and who shaped German private law, commercial law, company law, labor law, economic law and foundation and trust law during recent decades. His influence on law as an academic field and the practice of law has been significant. The volume also contains an index of publications by Dieter Reuter.

Anlalich des 65. Geburtstages von Dieter Reuter fand ihm zu Ehren am 15. und 16. Oktober 2005 in Kiel ein rechtswissenschaftliches Kolloquium unter dem Titel "Formale Freiheitsethikoder materiale Verantwortungsethik" statt. Der vorliegende Band enthalt die vier Hauptvortrage sowie die Diskussionsberichte des Kolloquiums.