The Book In civil law countries, notaries play an essential role in the preventive administration of justice. This book aims at presenting their profession and the benefits they provide for contracting parties and society at large. It is based on insights from neoclassical and behavioral economics. The Advantages at a Glanceunrivaledconcise and informativebased on economic analysis The Target Group For Notaries, Candidate Notaries, Academics, and anyone who would like to find out more about the notarial profession in Germany and beyond. The book is intended as a contribution to a dialog between legal systems and is especially suitable for readers from the common law legal community.