Christine Budzikiewicz

Prof. Dr. Christine Budzikiewicz is Professor of Civil Law at Marburg Law School (Philipps-Universität Marburg), specializing in private international law, European private law, and comparative law. As founding director of both the Marburg Institute of Comparative Law and Marburg Institute for Family Law, she leads research on legal frameworks across jurisdictions.

Her scholarship examines intersections of civil code systems with family/inheritance law, developing comparative methodologies for transnational legal analysis. Current projects investigate harmonization challenges in European private law regimes.

Professor Budzikiewicz's work establishes foundational frameworks for analyzing legal transplants in family law systems across EU member states, with emphasis on German civil law traditions.