(”Liechtenstein Law on Foundations“), a legal research project by the Liechtenstein Institute prepared by Dr. Harald Bösch. Co-published by Stämpfli, Bern (ISBN 3-7272-9117-6) and Manz, Wien (ISBN 3-27514-13091-9). The publication has been available at bookstores specializing in law since May 2005 and may be ordered directly from Stämpfli (Email: verlag@ staempfli.com) or Manz (Email: bestellen@manz.at). The book has 904 pages and is hardcover. An extensive index facilitates keyword searches. 
This book is the first and only comprehensive treatise on Liechtenstein foundation law. The author first traces the roots of the relevant statutory provisions of the Liechtenstein Law of Persons and Companies (PGR) that govern foundations. This leads on to a thorough comparative study of Liechtenstein’s foundation law and its original model the relevant section of the Swiss Civil Law Code. This is followed by an extensive legal, analysis, especially of the systematic position of the foundation within the PGR, its features, the various types of foundations, basic issues regarding the formation, termination and supervision of a foundation, as well as the legal position of the beneficiaries and of the founder. Much attention is given to the relevant (and sometimes unpublished) case law. Special features of Liechtenstein’s law, such as the founder’s influence, the fiduciary formation of a foundation and the fiduciary exercise of the founder’s rights, are discussed in detail. In the last chapter the author comments on a current bill before Liechtenstein’s Government regarding a reform of foundation law. The book is therefore fully up-to-date. To top - from Priv.-Doz. Dr. LL.M. Rainer Kulms
in: European Business Organization Law Review 7 (2006) page 879 to 884
"This book is set to become standard reading for anybody working on Liechtenstein foundations. It is a most comprehensive analysis of the relevant Liechtenstein case law, drawing heavily on Austrian and Swiss court cases in order to support the comparative law approach the author advocates and so convincingly sustains throughout his voluminous study. Liechtenstein’s law on foundations may be singular, but it is certainly not so unique as to ignore its Swiss origins. Bösch thoroughly surveys the relevant literature, which includes English law references to the law of trusts. He is inspired by an unwavering enthusiasm for market transparency and creditor protection. This approach is highly thought provoking and perhaps slightly disconcerting to some local foundation law practitioners. From a more global perspective, the author should be congratulated for his impressive case study on a small jurisdiction that has to tread the difficult path between demands for a competitive legal system and transparent capital markets."
- Zur Anwendung der allgemeinen Vorschriften des Personen- und Gesellschaftsrechts auf die Stiftung,
(“Applying the General Provisions of the Persons and Companies Act to Foundations“), published in: Festschrift for the 75th Birthday of Prof. DDr. Herbert Batliner (2004) 114 - Auskunfts- und Rechnungslegungsanspruch des Pflichtteilsberechtigten gegenüber einer liechtensteinischen Stiftung,
(“The Claims of Forced Heirs for Disclosure and for Rendering an Account towards a Liechtenstein Foundation“), published in: Liechtensteinische Juristen-Zeitung (LJZ), 2003, 55 - 63 - Liechtensteinische Trustrezeption und Anwendungsbereich der Bestimmungen über die Treuhänderschaft - Neue Erkenntnisse oder nur alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?
(“The Reception of the Liechtenstein Trust and the Scope of the Provisions on Trusteeships – New Ideas or only Old Wine in New Bottles?“), published in: Liechtensteinische Juristen-Zeitung (LJZ), 2001, 42 ff (part 1), 2001, 73 ff (part 2) - "Buchbesprechung Roger Quaderer: "Die Rechtsstellung der Anwartschaftsberechtigten bei der liechtensteinischen Familienstiftung
(“The Legal Status of the Future Beneficiaries in the Liechtenstein Family Foundation”), published in: Zeitschrift des Bernischen Juristenvereins (ZBJV), 2001, 154-159 - "Judikaturwende im liechtensteinischen Treuhandrecht – eine Nachlese und ein Ausblick"
(“Changes in Court Practice in the Liechtenstein Law of Trusts – Summary and Prospects”), published in: Liechtensteinische Juristen-Zeitung (LJZ) 2000, 87-93 - "Schweizerische Spuren im liechtensteinischen Treuhandrecht"
(“Traces of Swiss law in the Trust Law of the Principality of Liechtenstein”), published in: Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht, N.F.Bd.119, 2000, 175–221 - "Bemerkungen zur Haftung des Treuhänders für falsche Angaben und zu anderen aktuellen Fragen des liechtensteinischen Treuhandrechts"
(“Notes Regarding the Liability of the Trustee for Misrepresentations and other Current Issues involving the Trust Law of the Principality of Liechtenstein”), published in: Liechtensteinische Juristen–Zeitung (LJZ), 1999, 73-81 - Besprechung des Urteils des Liechtensteinischen Obersten Gerichtshofes vom 16.8.1993 zur Auskunftspflicht der Bank
(“Annotation to the Decision of the Liechtenstein Supreme Court dated Aug. 16, 1993, regarding the Duty of Banks to Disclose Information”), published in: Jus & News Fürstentum Liechtenstein, 1997, 58-68 - "Stifterrechte wie Gründerrechte bei der Anstalt übertrag- und vererbbar?"
(“Are the Rights of a Foundation’s Founder Transferable and Inheritable in the same Way as the Rights of an Establishment’s Founder?”), published in: Jus & News Fürstentum Liechtenstein, 1997, 265-280 - "Trust und Fiduzia im liechtensteinischen Recht"
(“Trust and Fiducia in the Legal System of the Principality of Liechtenstein”), published in: Jus & News Fürstentum Liechtenstein, 1997, 12-56 - "Die liechtensteinische Treuhänderschaft zwischen Trust und Treuhand"
(“The Liechtenstein Trust as a mixture of Anglo-American Trust and German Treuhand”), dissertation Innsbruck (1993); slightly altered version published in book form as No. 2 of the Schriftenreihe zum liechtensteinischen Recht (SLR), GMG Juris Verlag 1995, Mauren (FL) ISBN 3-9520426-5-X. The book was reviewed by Dr. Georges S. Baur, in the Liechtensteinischen Juristen–Zeitung (LJZ), 1997, 11 seq. as well as in the Schweizerischen Juristenzeitung (SJZ), 1997, 445 seq.
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